Coroner’s office IDs man killed in motorcycle crash
The Clark County coroner’s office has ruled the Friday night death of a 29-year-old motorcyclist in northwest Las Vegas an accident.
According to the coroner’s office, Johnathan Bell, a valley resident, died of blunt force trauma at West Deer Springs Way, west of North Durango Drive, where he was struck by a Dodge Journey minivan.
Las Vegas police have said that Bell was heading west on Deer Springs, on a Ducati Superbike, when the minivan made a U-turn at the intersection with Durango, entering the motorcyclist’s path.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether impairment was suspected, although court records show that the Dodge driver, identified by police as a 34-year-old Las Vegas woman, was not facing charges in connection with the crash as of Monday morning.
The Dodge driver suffered “moderate” injuries in the wreck, police said.
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