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Motorcyclist killed in northwest Las Vegas Valley crash

Updated August 31, 2021 - 6:31 pm

A motorcyclist was killed Saturday night in the northwest Las Vegas Valley when his Harley-Davidson struck a curb.

Las Vegas police said the man was operating a 2016 Electra Glide at 9:26 p.m., traveling east on West Deer Springs Way near North Beloved Street, when the motorcycle hit a raised curb.

“The collision ejected the motorcyclist onto the south sidewalk,” police said in a press release, adding “arriving medical personnel transported the motorcyclist to the University Medical Center’s Trauma Unit in critical condition.”

The man, identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as 51-year-old Paul Fleetwood of Las Vegas, died of blunt trauma at the hospital. His death was ruled an accident.

The death is the 86th traffic-related fatality in Las Vegas police jurisdiction this year.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

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