Pastor Charged in Downtown DUI Crash

The complaint is a DUI charge. The reckless-driving count from the booking is not what prosecutors filed. A not-guilty plea means the wine, the odor, and the blood draws still have to be proved. A 29-year-old man was hurt badly enough that police called the injuries life-threatening.

Clark County prosecutors charged Robert Duane Bush, 68, with driving under the influence after a crash early Saturday that left a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries. Bush is the president of the Las Vegas chapter of the National Action Network. He pleaded not guilty. Court records show a $50,000 surety bond.

Police said Bush was driving a 2013 Mercedes E-350 north on South Las Vegas Boulevard near Fourth Street at 4:51 a.m. The department's release says the car left the roadway, struck a 29-year-old man who was standing on the sidewalk near the crosswalk, and then hit a palm tree. The man was taken to University Medical Center. Police have not released his name or a later update on his condition. Bush was treated at the same hospital.

Police said Bush admitted he was driving, that he had just left a cigar bar, and that he drank two glasses of wine about two hours earlier. Officers reported slurred speech and the smell of alcohol. Two blood draws were taken. The results were not in the records released with the charge.

He was booked on suspicion of reckless driving and DUI. Prosecutors filed only the DUI count.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.