Henry Ruggs III, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver, was charged with DUI after a crash left 1 dead
LVMPD responded to the crash early Tuesday — round 3:39 a.m. — close to an intersection the place they discovered a Chevrolet Corvette and a Toyota RAV4 that was on fireplace. Firefighters responded and located an individual useless contained in the Toyota, police mentioned.
A LVMPD information launch mentioned the Corvette was within the middle lane driving at a excessive price of velocity earlier than veering to the suitable lane, the place the Toyota was, and rear-ended the Toyota. The Toyota got here to a cease and caught fireplace with the motive force trapped within the driver’s seat, the discharge mentioned.
“The preliminary investigation signifies the entrance of the Chevrolet collided with the rear of the Toyota,” LVMPD mentioned in a Twitter thread.
Ruggs, 22, was recognized as the motive force of the Chevrolet and remained on scene the place he was displaying indicators of impairment, police mentioned. He and a passenger had been taken to College Medical Middle of Southern Nevada with non-life threatening accidents.
Police mentioned of their launch the motive force of the Corvette was “booked in absentia” whereas he was at UMC. He’s at the moment being held on the Clark County Detention Middle in Las Vegas, in response to on-line information.
Ruggs faces one rely of a DUI leading to substantial bodily hurt and one rely of reckless driving, in response to the Clark County Detention Middle web site.
Ruggs is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, in response to his legal professional.
“On behalf of our consumer Henry Ruggs III we’re conducting our personal investigation as of this writing and ask everybody to order judgment till all of the info are gathered,” the assertion learn.
“We’re devastated by the lack of life and our ideas and prayers exit to the sufferer’s household,” the group’s assertion learn. “We’re within the technique of gathering data and can have no additional remark presently.”
