Truck Driver Hits Pedestrian in Cross Walk, Drags and Kills Him, then Flees the Scene; Arrested After Fatal Nevada Hit-and-Run

The driver of a semi-truck hits a pedestrian in a crosswalk, drags the person to death, and flees the scene in West Wendover, Nevada, according to available information.

At approximately 3:50 a.m., a semi-truck, while making a left turn from Wendover Boulevard onto a frontage road, collided with a man within the crosswalk, according to available information. The impact led to the man being dragged for several hundred feet before the semi-truck came to a stop on the I-80 on-ramp of exit 410. The man, identified as an adult, was left at this location. West Wendover police released a statement indicating that the victim’s lifeless body was discovered on the on-ramp by law enforcement officers.

According to available information, Behind the wheel of the semi-truck was Shane Joseph Crochet, a 43-year-old Minnesota resident. Crochet fled the scene after the collision, as detailed in the official police report. The Nevada State Police successfully located and apprehended him near Battle Mountain, Nevada—roughly 180 miles away from the accident site.

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