Tuesday, May 26, 2015
A 28-year-old man killed after the pickup truck he was driving collided with
a Las Vegas Fire & Rescue engine Sunday night in the east valley
has been identified as Sergio Rodriguez-Trujil, according to the Clark
County Coroner's Office.
Rodriguez-Trujil, a Las Vegas resident, died of multiple blunt-force trauma in the accident, the Coroner's Office said.
He
was driving a 2002 Chevy pickup truck south on Boulder Highway when it
struck the rear of a fire engine turning right from southbound Boulder Highway
onto Sandhill Road, according to Metro Police.
The fire engine was responding to a call and had its emergency lights and siren on, police said.
Rodriguez-Trujil was taken to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The firefighters were not injured and remained on scene, police said.