Summerville Man Dies in Traffic Collision on Tropicana Avenue

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle just east of the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday evening, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Tropicana Avenue east of Koval Lane as the 20-year-old man from Summerville, South Carolina, crossed outside a designated crosswalk.

The individual was transported to Sunrise Hospital with life-threatening injuries and later succumbed to them. Police reported that the driver remained at the scene and did not appear to be impaired. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Collision Investigation Section is handling the ongoing investigation.