Motorcyclist dies after collision with truck on Boulder Highway
A motorcyclist was killed Friday afternoon in a collision with a pickup truck on Boulder Highway in the southeast Las Vegas Valley, according to police.
Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Steven Skenandore said in a text message that officers were dispatched at 2:21 p.m. Friday to the 5900 block of Boulder Highway, between Tropicana Avenue and Russell Road, in reference to a crash involving a truck and a motorcycle.
Investigators determined that a 1997 Suzuki motorcycle was traveling northbound on Boulder Highway when the driver of a 2003 Ford F-150 attempted to turn from a storage lane adjacent to the outside northbound travel lane, crossing into the motorcycle’s path. A collision occurred, police said.
The motorcyclist, a 47-year-old Las Vegas man, was transported by ground ambulance to Sunrise Hospital, where he later died from his injuries, according to a Metro news release sent out Friday evening. His name was not immediately released pending notification of next of kin.
The truck driver, a 79-year-old Las Vegas man, remained at the scene and showed no signs of impairment during the preliminary investigation, police said.
The accident marked the 155th traffic-related fatality in Metro’s jurisdiction this year. Metro’s Fatal Traffic Detail is investigating the crash and motorists are advised to avoid the area for “the next several hours,” Skenandore said Friday evening.
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