Man driving 89 mph before fatal crash, BMW reeked of marijuana
The 70-year-old pickup truck driver slipped in and out of consciousness in his final moments. The other driver stood outside his heavily damaged BMW, a powerful stench of marijuana drifting from the car.
These are some of the details included in an arrest report that sheds more light on a North Las Vegas crash that killed one man and resulted in the arrest of another on Saturday.
Police were called out to North Decatur Boulevard and West Jay Avenue at 4:16 p.m. after several people called 911 to report a violent crash in which they said a black 2015 BMW 328i plowed into the left side of a white 2011 Chevrolet pickup truck.
The driver of the pickup truck, identified as Leonard Carella of North Las Vegas, was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The speed limit on Decatur is 45 mph, but officers were able to determine that the BMW had been going 89 miles per hour just two seconds before impact, which is 44 miles per hour above the speed limit, and 70 miles per hour when it crashed into the truck, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.