Henderson, Nevada: Passenger Killed, Driver Critical After Car Hits Light Pole on Horizon Ridge Parkway

A passenger is dead and a driver is in critical condition after a single vehicle crash in Henderson early on Sunday, Henderson Police said.

Police and fire crews responded at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 8, to Horizon Ridge Parkway and Shaded Canyon Drive. A vehicle carrying two people struck a light pole, according to police.

The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was taken to a hospital with life threatening injuries, police said. KSNV reported the same account on Monday morning: one person dead, the driver transported with serious injuries, and the collision still under investigation.

What police say led to the crash

Investigators suspect speed and impairment were factors in the crash, police said. That is a suspicion at this stage, not a finding. Police have not released the names of the two people in the vehicle, and they have not announced any charges.

Horizon Ridge Parkway is a busy east and west corridor across the south side of Henderson, lined with the subdivisions it serves. A crash at 12:30 a.m. happens on a road with little traffic, and police accounts of this one are short: a time, an intersection, a light pole, and two people, one of whom did not survive.

What is not known yet

The reports published so far do not say how fast the vehicle was traveling, what kind of vehicle it was, or whether the pole strike followed a loss of control or another failure on the road. They do not name the hospital that received the driver, and they do not update the driver condition beyond the first police account.

This article stays with what Henderson Police have said and what the Las Vegas Review-Journal and KSNV have reported from that account. The Orbit Post will update this article in place if police release the names, a cause, or a new condition for the driver.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Henderson Police, and drivers on the Horizon Ridge corridor should expect investigators to return to the scene as the reconstruction continues.