Utah teen ID'd in North Vegas crash that hurt 8


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NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - A teenager accused of hitting eight pedestrians with a vehicle outside a North Las Vegas storefront church had a Utah identification card but no driver's license, police said Friday.

Nyakueth D. Tear told police she had been in Las Vegas for about a week, sleeping in the white 2000 Mitsubishi Galant that she was driving Thursday when she hit the pedestrians outside the Iglesia de Cristo church on Losee Road, Sgt. Tim Bedwell said.

Tear, who was jailed on multiple charges, including felony hit-and-run, wasn't cooperative with police and wouldn't say where in Utah she was from, Bedwell said.

The injured included a 54-year-old man who was hospitalized Friday in critical condition, police said. A pregnant woman and six other people were treated at a hospital and released.

Witnesses told police the car hit people standing near their cars parked at the curb.

Bedwell said it wasn't immediately clear how fast the car was going down the dark, industrial street lined by auto repair shops, block walls and chain fences just south of busy Lake Mead Boulevard.

"If a car came down that road at night at 35 mph, people would say it was going too fast," the police sergeant said.

Witnesses told police the driver initially got out of the vehicle, then got back behind the wheel and drove away.

People who followed identified Tear as the driver after she crashed her vehicle in a work zone at the end of the dead-end street and tried to run.

She was treated for minor injuries before she was booked into the Las Vegas city jail pending a court appearance.

Police said Tear faces eight felony hit-and-run charges and several misdemeanors, including failing to render aid and obstructing a police officer.

The vehicle had Utah license plate, was registered to someone else and wasn't reported stolen. It was impounded by police.

Tear's court date wasn't immediately known, and it wasn't clear if she had been assigned a lawyer.

(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) 8/9/2013 6:32:43 PM (GMT -6:00)

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