LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas man is accused of speeding at more than 120 mph before a rollover crash left his brother dead Monday morning, according to police.
Kashmir Newell, 36, was arrested June 24 and faces charges of reckless driving resulting in death and substantial bodily injury charges, according to an arrest report.
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It happened in the early morning hours of Monday along Jones Boulevard, just north of Sahara Avenue.
Before the accident, Kashmir Newell, Ayanna McLean, Phalon Young and Stacie Young were together at a local lounge on Jones Boulevard. Newell and Young were later identified by police as half-brothers.
Subsequently, the four people left the hall in two separate cars. Newell, the driver of the Maserati and his passenger McLean in a car and Young and his wife in the Dodge Challenger.
Both vehicles were traveling north on South Jones Boulevard at a high rate of speed, with the Dodge in the right lane and the Maserati in the center lane. The Dodge was slightly ahead of the Maserati. As the Dodge crossed the intersection on Sahara Avenue, the suspension was compressed, causing the Dodge’s chassis to scrape the road, according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrest report.
In the report, police stated that Phalon Young, the driver of the Dodge, lost control of the car and hit the curb, left the road to the right and landed on the sidewalk. It then spun clockwise, causing the driver’s side to strike a light pole, removing it from its base.
The Dodge continued north, leaving the road, spinning. It then struck two fixed signs on a nearby property and rolled over several times. The Dodge then struck a brick wall on the property, continuing to roll over, and came to rest on the driver’s side in a field on the east side of the highway, according to a police report.
Police said as Young’s Dodge began to lose control, the Maserati crossed the intersection and slowed down. The Maserati’s suspension compressed causing the undercarriage to scrape the road. Newell then made a controlled stop of the Maserati to check on Young, according to the report.
A witness who was driving in the left lane before the crash told police he saw two cars pass him, one after the other heading north on Jones Boulevard, at a speed he estimated between 100 and 120 mph. He also told police that he believed the vehicles were speeding, according to the report.
The witness told police that as he approached Sahara Avenue, he saw a cloud of dust in the air north of the intersection. As he approached, he saw that one of the vehicles had crashed causing extensive damage to the vehicle and the other was stopped on the road. He also stated that the vehicles were the same ones that passed him at high speed, according to the report.
Video surveillance also captured the two vehicles traveling northbound on Jones Boulevard at a high rate of speed. The video also captured the Dodge losing control after passing through the intersection, the report stated.
Phalon Young had to be extricated from the Dodge and taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Stacie Young was taken to the hospital with injuries. Phalon was pronounced dead at the hospital.
A preliminary review of the Dodge’s Crash Data Recorder Report (CDR) indicated that the vehicle was traveling at more than 120 mph five seconds before the crash and at more than 120 mph at the event, according to the police report.
Police also said they believe Newell was also traveling at speeds in excess of 120 mph in a 45 mph zone while participating in a speed contest with Young when the crash occurred, according to the report.
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