UPDATE: Officials have released the identity of the man killed in Henderson. Angel Perez Rodriguez, 55, died at the crash scene Sunday. Officials have yet to release his official cause of death.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man is facing hit-and-run charges after crashing into a bus stop and killing a pedestrian in Henderson, police said.
Devon Cordova, 48, is facing charges of failure to maintain his lane, failure to render aid after a crash, failure to stop at a scene of a crash involving injury or death, reckless driving resulting in property damage, and reckless driving resulting in death.
On Sunday around 5:28 a.m., Henderson police and fire department were dispatched to the area of West Sunset Road and Annie Oakley Drive in reference to a hit-and-run crash.
Police said that a white 2017 Ford pickup truck was driving eastbound on Sunset Road when the truck left the roadway and drove up onto the sidewalk. The truck hit a bus stop enclosure and a pedestrian before leaving the scene.
The pedestrian, believed to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Ford pickup truck was later found unoccupied in a nearby shopping center parking lot. Cordova was later arrested and taken to the Henderson Detention Center.
This is the second accident-related fatality in Henderson Police Department’s jurisdiction for 2023.
