LAS VEGAS – Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has been found guilty and he and another driver were charged with traffic violations following a two-car accident over the weekend in Las Vegas, according to a police report.
The Democratic governor, who drove alone with no security guards, and the 30-year-old woman who drove the other vehicle were treated for minor injuries after the accident on Sunday afternoon at a busy intersection several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip, according to an accident report released on Wednesday .
67-year-old Sisolak was quoted for not giving in to oncoming traffic. The woman was charged with speeding.
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Sisolak’s Lexus SUV turned left at a traffic light on a blinking yellow arrow into the path of the woman’s Nissan Sentra, which police said had a green light.
The woman has not been identified. The police said the accident was recorded on surveillance video from a shop near the crime scene.
The governor’s SUV spun and hit the landscape while the Nissan hit a traffic light pole, knocking it over.
The woman was given a sobriety test, but not the governor, police said. No signs of impairment were observed.
A governor’s spokeswoman did not immediately respond to news calling for comment on the crash on Thursday.
