Police are investigating the collision, in which Brianna Roberson was hit by an unidentified vehicle while trying to cross Boulder Highway.
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The first of three closed main roads reopened to the public for the first time since the remnants of Tropical Storm Hilary left a swath of destruction on the mountain.
The crash occurred around 11:05 a.m. near Blue Diamond Road and Arroyo Road, according to NHP.
Two people were hospitalized after the 5:30 p.m. crash Wednesday.
“This isn’t one that we don’t know what the fix is,” Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft said. “We know that when people drive a little bit slower, less people die.”
Eleven pedestrians died in September after being struck by vehicles on valley roadways, making it one of the deadliest months on record for pedestrians.
Two people died last month on Lake Mead Boulevard after a woman collided with a man on the two-lane road.
Safety experts hoped decriminalizing traffic offenses would lead to fewer speeding tickets being reduced to parking violations, but that doesn’t appear to have happened.
Police said the dirt bike rider was traveling at a high rate of speed while popping a wheelie when a truck entered the roadway.
Road work includes a median repair, cleaning out drainage culverts and several miles of shoulder repair in both directions.