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The driver's death is the 119th traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction this year, the department said. Jacobs was arrested for DUI, but charges were never filed after an investigation found his blood-alcohol level was below the legal limit. Ruggs' attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, said they are investigating the crash on behalf of their client 'and ask everyone to reserve judgment until all the facts are gathered.''Д¬hesnoff declined additional comment after Ruggs was released from University Medical Center and booked into the Clark County Detention Center.В Chesnoff and Schonfeld also represented Raiders running back Josh JacobsВ after his Jan. The possible sentence for reckless driving is one to six years in prison, with probation available. Probation is not an option in Nevada for a conviction on a charge of DUI causing death, which carries a possible sentence of two to 20 years in state prison. Police are prohibited by federal privacy law from disclosing medical information, said Officer Larry Hadfield, a department spokesman.Д¬lark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson did not immediately respond to messages about the charges. Ruggs 'showed signs of impairment,'' police said in a statement that did not identify the woman who died.

New vegas better faces driver#

The Toyota burst into flames and the driver and her dog died, police said. Ruggs and his passenger, Kiara Je'nai Kilgo-Washington, with whom he has a young daughter, were hospitalized with 'serious' injuries that police said did not appear life-threatening.

The Chevrolet Corvette that Ruggs, 22, was driving slammed at high speed into the rear of a Toyota Rav4 on a busy thoroughfare in a residential area several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip at about 3:39 a.m.