Cyclist dies after being pinned under car in North Las Vegas

A bicyclist died Sunday morning after being hit by a car in North Las Vegas.

Police received calls of a collision near Cheyenne Avenue and Decatur Boulevard just after 9:40 a.m., North Las Vegas police spokesman Alexander Cuevas said.

Cuevas said a Kia Rio was going west on Cheyenne toward Decatur when a bicyclist riding the opposite direction on the sidewalk went into the road for unknown reasons. The Kia hit the bicyclist, trapping him under the car, Cuevas said.

People at the scene who witnessed the crash flipped the car on its side to pull the cyclist free, he said.

The cyclist, a 49-year-old man, was taken to University Medical Center, where he died, Cuevas said.

The Kia’s driver, a 58-year-old woman, was transported to a local hospital, police said in a statement Sunday night. Police did not specify her injuries.

Excessive speed and impairment are not suspected in the crash.

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