A crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in the southwest valley on Saturday turned deadly for one, Nevada Highway Patrol said in an email.
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The motorcyclist was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on Washington Avenue near Rancho Drive just after 8 p.m. when he hit a car, police said.
The man was struck by a pickup truck heading south on Boulder Highway between Missouri and Hamilton avenues just after 5:20 p.m., police said.
Zoox’s Las Vegas robotaxi service is back in operations after a multiday pause in passenger rides.
Boring Co.’s Vegas Loop project received its first building permit in the city of Las Vegas’ jurisdiction, after five years of operations in Clark County.
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All westbound lanes of the southern 215 Beltway near Eastern Avenue have reopened after a car fire Saturday night, according to the Regional Transportation Commission.
Motorists using Kyle Canyon Road will experience delays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday so that a wide, load-hauling bulldozer can transport materials for the flood diversion berm project.
Part of Kyle Canyon Road will be closed Tuesday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. so that a wide, load-hauling bulldozer can transport materials for the Flood Diversion Berm Project.
A boy was hospitalized with non-critical injuries after being hit by a car in the northeast valley Friday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
A military aircraft made an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport on Friday afternoon, airport officials said. A C-17 cargo plane landed safely at 3:46 p.m. after a pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, airport spokesman Chris Jones said.
Three people are hospitalized following a Friday afternoon rollover crash in the southwest valley. Las Vegas police responded to the single-vehicle crash at 2:26 p.m. near South Cimarron Road and Lapis Springs Lane, near Desert Inn Road, said Las Vegas police spokesman Jose Hernandez.
Residents of Southern Highlands and neighborhoods east of Las Vegas Boulevard South can celebrate: The Cactus Avenue interchange on Interstate 15 is open.
Eastbound Lake Mead Boulevard was closed briefly after a Friday afternoon rollover near Tonopah Drive.
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The motorcyclist was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on Washington Avenue near Rancho Drive just after 8 p.m. when he hit a car, police said.
Zoox’s Las Vegas robotaxi service is back in operations after a multiday pause in passenger rides.
Boring Co.’s Vegas Loop project received its first building permit in the city of Las Vegas’ jurisdiction, after five years of operations in Clark County.
The crash happened at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of the I-215 at Jones Boulevard in the southern Las Vegas Valley, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
