LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – Police are investigating a crash in northwest Las Vegas that killed a high school student after being hospitalized in critical condition on Saturday.
Officers responded to reports of the crash near Centennial Center Boulevard and Tropical Parkway just before 12:30 p.m.
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Witnesses told police that a person was standing in the center’s median trying to cross the Centennial Center when traffic going north got the green light. As they were walking across the street, police said he was hit by a vehicle heading north.
The person hit was in critical condition until she died later that evening, according to police.
Officials say he is a student at nearby Centennial High School, although his age and grade are immediately unknown.
The entire intersection was closed during the police investigation.
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