Two pedestrians on the Strip were struck by a vehicle and injured Friday, Las Vegas police said.
The vehicle hit the pair at about 5:30 p.m. on Friday in the 3600 block of Las Vegas Boulevard, near Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Steven Skenandore said in a text message.
The pedestrians were taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The crash, which Skenandore described as low-speed, happened when the driver of the vehicle backed into the pedestrians.
It happened near the scene of a two-vehicle crash that was reported just after 2 p.m., Skenandore said.
He said the scene was expected to be cleared Friday evening, though the northbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard South were expected to be shut down from Paris Drive to West Flamingo Road for a time.
Metro investigators, Skenandore said, were looking into both crashes.
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