Las Vegas, NV (August 23, 2026) – A 55-year-old man died Sunday, Aug. 23, after being struck by two vehicles while crossing Charleston Boulevard near Rancho Drive, just west of South Tonopah Drive. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department identified him as Vahan Nazarian. Officers responded around 3:58 p.m., and he died at the scene despite life-saving efforts.
Police say Nazarian was walking from the north side of Charleston toward the south side and was not in a marked crosswalk when the right front of a gray Honda Civic traveling westbound struck him, and he fell to the roadway.
A black BMW traveling behind the Honda swerved to avoid it and ran over Nazarian as he lay in the street.
LVMPD’s Collision Investigation Section is investigating, and Charleston Boulevard was closed between Rancho Drive and Tonopah Drive during the response.
Two Drivers, One Pedestrian: How Fault Gets Divided
Nevada compares a pedestrian’s fault against the combined fault of every driver involved, not just one, and NRS 41.085 still lets Vahan Nazarian’s spouse, children, or parents pursue a wrongful death claim regardless of who was found more at fault. Police say he was outside a marked crosswalk when the Honda struck him, which under NRS 484B.287 puts an initial burden on him to have yielded to traffic. But NRS 41.141 measures his fault against the Honda driver’s conduct and the BMW driver’s conduct together, and recovery is barred only if his share exceeds that combined total, not either driver’s individually.
The two drivers likely face separate scrutiny under Nevada’s several-liability rule: each is responsible only for their own percentage of fault, so how much the Honda driver saw and had time to react matters separately from whether the BMW driver kept enough following distance and a clear view of the roadway before swerving into a person already down. Untangling two drivers’ individual conduct from one fast-moving sequence is exactly the kind of investigation an attorney handles before an insurance company settles on its own version of who did what.
Why Las Vegas Families Trust Ace Law Group After a Fatal Pedestrian Crash
At Ace Law Group, we handle wrongful death claims exactly like this one, where more than one driver’s actions may have contributed. Founder Patrick Kang started the firm after watching his own family fight for support following his father’s workplace injury, and that history is why the firm digs into every driver’s role instead of settling for whichever version reaches the family first.
Our Las Vegas Pedestrian Accident Lawyer team can begin separating the Honda driver’s actions from the BMW driver’s actions now, while the scene evidence and both drivers’ accounts are still fresh. Call (702) 508-7675 for a free consultation. We take no fees until we win for you.
