REVEALED: Las Vegas Liquor Store CEO Was Drunk Before Fatal Crash
Kenny Lee, CEO of Lee’s Discount Liquor, was a guy every Las Vegan knew. And many of us were saddened to hear about his death last year in a fatal car crash. The crash happened in November of 2021 on a Nevada highway.
It is with very heavy hearts that we regretfully announce that Kenny Lee passed away in a vehicle accident yesterday, November 19, 2021.
— Lees Discount Liquor (@LeesDiscountLiq) November 20, 2021
Please keep the entire Lee Family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. #gonetoosoon#loved #lovedbyall pic.twitter.com/N8YBB4FSeB
The report then, from a Nevada Highway Patrol spokesperson, was that 53-year old Lee “was driving southbound in a van on U.S. Highway 93 between Ely and West Wendover around 10:30 a.m. when he went into the oncoming lanes for an unknown reason”, as reported by Fox13News.
Now the reason might have been revealed. Lee was drunk. Documents just obtained by 8NewsNow investigators report that Lee‘s blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. They posted the news on their Twitter page.
CEO KILLED: The CEO of Lee’s Discount Liquor, who died in a fatal crash last year, was driving with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained say. #8NN https://t.co/QZvnmhvITJ
— 8 News Now (@8NewsNow) December 7, 2022
Lee wasn’t wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. He was ejected from the vehicle after being struck by a northbound truck who swerved in an attempt to avoid a crash. Lee was declared dead on the scene. At the time the crash was reported, intoxication was not suspected to be a factor. He was driving a cargo van owned by the liquor store. Inventory of tequila in boxes were being hauled in the back, but it’s unknown if that is was Kenny Lee was drinking.
Kenny Lee‘s death came just months after the his father, Hae Un Lee, died from pancreatic cancer. Hae Un Lee was the founder of Lee’s Discount Liquor. A local liquor distributor in Las Vegas, and was often seen in commercials locally with his son. The two were always sure to deliver a laugh, as their commercials took on a comedic element. Hae Un Lee had been battling the cancer for a year but ultimately succumbed to the disease in August of 2021.
Kenny Lee left behind a wife and three children.
