Drunk driver crashes into Las Vegas bus stop killing a 42-year-old and 14-year-old and leaving two kids, aged 8 and 11, with serious injuries

A suspected DUI motorist who was driving the wrong way has killed a teenage boy and man after smashing into five people at a bus stop. 

Cynthia Phelps, 64, slammed her 2014 Kia Rio into the shelter while traveling north on the southbound lane of Boulder Highway in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening.

Las Vegas Metropolitan police said the man, woman and three children at the bus stop were flung onto the highway by the force of the collision. 

A 42-year-old man and 14-year-old boy were killed on impact, while a 41-year-old woman and two children were seriously injured. 

The woman is in a life-threatening condition following the crash, while an 11-year-old girl and eight-year-old boy are in 'serious' conditions in hospital. 

A suspected DUI motorist who was driving the wrong way has killed a teenage boy and man after smashing into five people at a bus stop

Cynthia Phelps, 64, slammed her 2014 Kia Rio into the bus stop while traveling north on the southbound lane of Boulder Highway in Las Vegas on Wednesday evening. Her mugshot has not yet been released by police 

All the victims are Las Vegas residents, and it is not known whether they knew each other. 

A scene of destruction was left in the wake of the crash, with debris flung across the highway and a white Kia still smashed into the bus shelter. 

Police said the 'vehicle versus multiple pedestrians collision' happened at 7.37pm south of Dalhart Street. 

'Evidence at the scene, surveillance video, and witness statements indicated that a 2014 Kia Rio was traveling northbound on Boulder Highway in the southbound travel lanes at a high rate of speed,' the department said in a statement. 

'The pedestrians were at an RTC bus Shelter, waiting for a southbound bus. 

'A collision occurred when the vehicle left the roadway to the west, striking several fixed objects as it carried into the RTC bus shelter, where the pedestrians were. 

'The collision resulted in the pedestrians being projected forward and onto the roadway.'

Las Vegas Metropolitan police officers said the man, woman and three children at the bus stop were flung onto the highway by the force of the collision

Police said the 'vehicle versus multiple pedestrians collision' happened at 7.37pm south of Dalhart Street

The man and teenage boy were pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman and two children were taken to the UMC Trauma Center by ambulance.  

Phelps was also taken to the same hospital by ambulance where she was treated for 'minor injuries.' 

She 'displayed signs of impairment' and was arrested for DUI-related charges, police said.  

The pedestrian deaths mark the 49th and 50th traffic-related fatalities in the LVMPD area for 2024. LVMPD is continuing to investigate the crash. 

Phelps appeared in court Thursday afternoon and remains in custody in Clark County without bond.