in brief
NORTH LAS VEGAS CRASH
Motorcyclist is killed in collision with truck
A motorcyclist was killed when a pickup pulled out in front of him on Craig Road near Simmons Street on Saturday.
North Las Vegas police said the motorcyclist was riding east on Craig about 11:20 a.m. when a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 pickup driven by a 57-year-old North Las Vegas man made a left turn in front of him at Fuselier Drive.
The motorcyclist hit the right side of the truck and was taken to University Medical Center, where he died, according to police.
Police did not identify the motorcyclist or the driver of the pickup.
The crash forced a temporary evacuation of the area when crash investigators found a military high explosive TNT container underneath the motorcycle about 2 p.m., North Las Vegas police said. The container turned out to be empty.
FIRE POSSIBLE CAUSE
Man finds 21-year-old son dead in bedroom
A man came home Saturday morning to find his 21-year-old son dead, possibly because of a fire.
Las Vegas Fire Department officials said the man came home from work about 7:50 a.m. and smelled smoke at their townhouse at 8465 Vast Horizon Ave., near Durango Drive and Gowan Road.
He searched for a cause of the smoke, but when he came to his son's room, he couldn't open the door, fire officials said. The man had to force the door open because his son was unresponsive and lying on the floor against the door.
Firefighters arrived to find that there had been a fire in the room. There was heavy black smoke and some fire damage in the room. The rest of the home had slight smoke damage.
The cause of death of the 21-year-old man is not known, fire officials said.
Investigators believe the cause of the fire was accidental and said that careless smoking could not be ruled out.
NORTHEAST VALLEY
Decomposed body is found near road
A body was found off the side of a road in northeast Las Vegas on Saturday.
Las Vegas police said the body was found at 5:12 a.m. near Carey Avenue and Betty Lane. The body was badly decomposed and appeared to have been dropped off at the location, police said.
Homicide detectives were investigating.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 385-5555.
DRUNKEN DRIVING INCIDENT
Lottery winner gets prison term in crash
A California lottery winner has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for killing three people in a drunken driving crash.
Thomas Turnour, who won $10 million in a 2001 SuperLotto game, was sentenced Friday in San Bernardino. Authorities say the 52-year-old was in a pickup that hit the back of a car stopped at a red light in San Bernardino in May 2005.
In July, Turnour pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and causing injury while driving intoxicated.
PROBATION VIOLATION
Zoo tiger attack victim sentenced to prison
One of two brothers who survived a tiger attack that killed their 17-year-old friend last year at the San Francisco Zoo has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for violating probation in a felony reckless driving case.
Paul Dhaliwal, 20, was sentenced in December to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for leading police on a chase through San Jose.
Three days after that sentencing, he was cited for marijuana possession. In March, he was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.
