112 in a 35: details revealed in deadly North Las Vegas crash

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Two North Las Vegas teenagers didn’t have enough time to see, from the sidewalk, a white BMW careening towards them at 112 miles per hour. Nearby drivers were stunned at what happened next as the alleged reckless, DUI driver stumbled out of his car. North Las Vegas Police responded to a deadly crash scene near West Craig Road and Simmons Street around 4 p.m. on May 2. A Clark County grand jury indicted the alleged reckless, DUI driver, Triquan Hughes, 32, and received additional details from the crash scene. According to the grand jury transcript, Hughes was driving 112 miles per hour on Simmons Street in a 35 miles per hour zone as he approached Craig Road. Hughes drove his BMW through a red light and was by a Kia that was making a left turn, documents said. Reaching the other side of Craig Road, Hughes entered a 45 miles per hour zone and careened onto the sidewalk, striking sisters Leilani Wigfall, 19, and Janiah Grant, 17. Grant was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash by medical personnel, according to police. Witnesses told a grand jury they saw Hughes exit his vehicle and pick up one of the teenage girls lying on the asphalt seconds after the crash. “He came over and picked her up so I thought that they knew each other,” one witness said. “I didn’t really understand the whole of the situation at the time and I kept telling him like put her down, leave her alone.” Hughes turned back to the witnesses gathered at the crash scene and yelled that the ground was hot, according to a grand jury transcript. As the dust settled from the crash, witnesses said they saw a 10-year-old boy, Hughes’ son, sitting in the front passenger seat of the BMW, records showed. A grand jury transcript showed Hughes’ blood alcohol came back at a .03 and .02, below the legal limit, but came back over the legal limit for THC. Wigfall suffered broken bones, brain bleeds, a broken jaw, and had several teeth knocked out. She told 8 News Now she remembers nothing of the crash or the day it happened. “For me, it seemed like I just went to bed from coming home from a trip, and I just woke up in the hospital,” Wigfall said. “Even waking up in the hospital, I didn’t know what I was in there for. Like I didn’t feel anything, I didn’t feel weird or anything.” Hughes faces charges for driving under the influence resulting in death, driving under the influence resulting in substantial bodily harm, failure to stop at the scene of a crash, and child endangerment. He is being held on $1 million bail. The next court date for Hughes is set for Aug. 3, 2026.