Moped rider with life-threatening injuries after crash in west Las Vegas

The Metropolitan Police Department was investigating a crash early Tuesday morning that left a moped rider with life-threatening injuries in the west valley.

According to police, the crash occurred at 1:32 a.m. near the intersection of South Fort Apache Road and West Sahara Avenue.

Authorities initially described the vehicle as a motorcycle. But in a press release later on Tuesday, the department clarified that a moped was involved in the crash.

Police said that the moped was westbound on Sahara in the leftmost travel lane when it collided with the center median.

Authorities said the rider, identified by police as a 32-year-old man, rode over the desert landscape in the median and overturned in the eastbound travel lanes.

The rider was separated from the moped, and both came to rest on the road, police said.

The man was transported to University Medical Center Trauma with life-threatening injuries.