On Monday night, October 5, a man deliberately crashed his truck into a woman and killed her.
According to authorities, they were called to the 5500 block of Donaldson Court, near the intersection of Russell and Lindell roads at around 5 p.m. There they found the body of 42 year old Gabriela Martin de Mendoza underneath a Chevrolet Avalanche. According to the Clark County coroner’s office, she had died from multiple blunt force injuries.
Witnesses said that they had seen the Mendoza yelling at the driver, Jesus Cabezas Mendoza before the collision. Once the argument was over, Mendoza drove the truck east, then accelerated towards her and hit her before driving into a house where it smashed into the kitchen, hit a counter which then hit a man in the kitchen. The man in the kitchen, who did not want to be named went to hospital and was released.
Mendoza fled the scene and returned where he was arrested and will be charged with murder with a deadly weapon. In addition he was booked for of driving without a license, failing to maintain lanes and driving under the influence.
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