Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Hospital officials say the second man who tried to stop a pickup truck theft in Las Vegas over the weekend has died of his injuries.
A spokeswoman at University Medical Center says 31-year-old Felix Brandon Cruz died around 10:30 p.m. Monday.
His brother-in-law, Jesus Manuel Magdaleno Jr., was killed in the crash Sunday morning.
Authorities say Magdaleno was a California Highway Patrol officer in town for his bachelor party when a man started to drive his truck away from a casino valet stand with Cruz still in the truck bed.
Magdaleno jumped into the truck bed with Cruz, but both were thrown out when the pickup crashed.
Police say 29-year-old James Robert Montgomery of Tustin, Calif., is jailed on felony murder, kidnapping, auto theft and other charges.
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