LAS VEGAS -- A 7-year-old girl fell off of her bicycle into the street and was struck by a U-Haul truck Tuesday afternoon.

According to Metro Police, the girl was riding her bike on the sidewalk in the 5200 block of E. Craig Road, near Nellis Boulevard, around 1:45 p.m. when she fell into the street and was hit just north of Las Vegas Boulevard.

The girl's injuries were minor and she was treated at the scene.

LAS VEGAS — This year is off to a deadly start on valley roads. Just six weeks into 2015, 12 pedestrians have died across Clark county – nine of those were in Metro's jurisdiction. That's a 350 percent increase over the same time a year ago.

Samira Tamules says a lack of basic infrastructure, like crosswalks or sidewalks, prevent her from walking in her neighborhood with her two children.

“Rarely, very rarely,” she said. “If we do, we're walking around the park here, maybe. Maybe on our street, which is a cul-de-sac, but as far as walking anywhere else, never."

But even when there are crosswalks, police say the bulk of pedestrian who are killed aren't using them. 

The most recent traffic data released from Metro shows half of the deaths this year are from pedestrian error.

 LAS VEGAS — The lights on the Las Vegas Strip will be dimmed in observance of former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian following Wednesday's UNLV vs. Boise State game.

The lights are expected to be turned off at 10:30 p.m. and remain off until 10:33 p.m. The movement began after a social media push in the days after his death.

Tarkanian will be the eighth person the lights of the Strip have been dimmed for. The previous seven observances include: President John F.