Strip at Spring Mountain reopens after crash investigation
Las Vegas police are investigating a crash that sent a bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening injuries on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road on Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. Southbound Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road are closed. BIZUAYEHU TESFAYE/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL / FOLLOW HIM: @BIZUTESFAYE
A Las vegas police officer investigates a crash that sent a bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening injuries on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road on Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. Southbound Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road are closed. BIZUAYEHU TESFAYE/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL/FOLLOW HIM: @BIZUTESFAYE
A Las vegas police officer talks to a driver, right, of a car involved in a crash that sent a male bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening injuries on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road on Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. Southbound Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road are closed. BIZUAYEHU TESFAYE/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL / FOLLOW HIM: @BIZUTESFAYE
A bicyclist was hospitalized after a crash on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road on Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
A bicyclist was hospitalized after a crash on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road on Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
A bicyclist was hospitalized after a crash on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road on Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizu Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye
The southbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard South at Spring Mountain are closed after a crash involving a bicycle Monday morning, Aug. 3, 2015. (Screengrab/RTC FAST Cameras)
Southbound lanes on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road have reopened after a five-hour closure that allowed police to investigate a crash that sent a bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The crash happened about 8 a.m. Monday in the 3300 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, Metro said in a news release. The roadway reopened just before 1 p.m., according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
The male bicyclist was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center's trauma unit.
This is a developing story. Check back here for details.
Contact Kimberly De La Cruz at kdelacruz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Find her on Twitter: @KimberlyinLV.
