Motorcyclist in critical condition after Friday crash

By Ricardo Torres Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 18, 2015 - 5:36 pm

The University Medical Center is seen on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

University Medical Center (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A Friday afternoon crash left a motorcyclist in critical condition in North Las Vegas, police said.

The motorcyclist was taken to University Medical Center in critical but stable condition, North Las Vegas police spokesman Aaron Patty said.

Police and rescue crews were called about 3 p.m. to La Madre and Goldeneye ways, near Camino Al Norte, north of Loan Mountain Road, Patty said.

The motorcycle had collided with another vehicle. Patty said the driver of the other vehicle remained at the scene and was cooperating with police.

More details on the crash were not immediately available.

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