A driver was arrested in connection with a fatal crash in North Las Vegas on Wednesday night after initially fleeing the scene.

The North Las Vegas Police Department said officers responded to the area of Las Vegas Boulevard North and Griswold Street at about 6:07 p.m. for a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian.

Arriving officers located an adult female with apparent critical injuries. Medical personnel responded and pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

In a news release, police said the preliminary investigation shows that a burgundy Ford Explorer traveling northbound on Las Vegas Boulevard struck a pedestrian who was crossing the roadway near a marked crosswalk.

Police said the driver initially left the scene but returned a short time later and identified himself to officers

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