Nevada Highway Patrol investigators work at the scene of two accidents on U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue Thursday morning. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Highway Patrol is at the scene of two accidents on U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue Thursday morning. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Nevada Highway Patrol officer directs traffic at the scene of two accidents on U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue Thursday morning. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An accident on U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue closed the northbound lanes Thursday morning. Two lanes have reopened as of 8 a.m. (Courtesy/RTC, FAST cameras)
A pickup truck and a car who are involved in the accident are removed from the accident scene on U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, after a motorcycle accident closed the freeway for almost three hours. First responders were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident shortly before 5 a.m. A speeding motorcyclist crashed into an SUV driven by an off-duty Metro corrections officer heading home, NHP trooper Loy Hixson said. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A motorcycle accident closed U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, for almost three hours. First responders were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident shortly before 5 a.m. A speeding motorcyclist crashed into an SUV driven by an off-duty Metro corrections officer heading home, NHP trooper Loy Hixson said. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two lanes on northbound U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue have reopened Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, after a motorcycle accident closed the freeway for almost three hours. First responders were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident shortly before 5 a.m. A speeding motorcyclist crashed into an SUV driven by an off-duty Metro corrections officer heading home, NHP trooper Loy Hixson said. (Bizu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Northbound U.S. Highway 95 at Cheyenne Avenue reopened Thursday morning after a motorcycle accident closed the freeway for about three hours, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
First responders were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident shortly before 5 a.m. A speeding motorcyclist crashed into an SUV driven by an off-duty Metro corrections officer heading home, NHP trooper Loy Hixson said.
Another vehicle, whose driver was trying to avoid the initial accident, was struck by a vehicle shortly after, Hixson said. There were no injuries reported in that crash.
The 29-year-old motorcyclist from Las Vegas was speeding and suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, Hixson said.
The man was taken to University Medical Center with critical injuries, but was expected to survive, Hixson said.
Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.
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