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The motorcyclist killed in a collision in the northwest valley Thursday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Mark Erik Walwyn, of North Las Vegas.
Malwyn was riding his motorcycle fast in the left travel lane of Craig Road near Jadestone Avenue when he collided with a 2008 Honda Accord making a left turn in front of him just before 2 p.m., according to Las Vegas police.
The 43-year-old was thrown from his motorcycle and slid to a stop several hundred feet from the crash site, police said.
Police are investigating the death of a bicyclist that was hit by a SUV on Eastern Avenue, near Sunset Road Saturday night.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the bicyclist as 19-year-old Kenn Merlos-Salcido of Las Vegas.
Just before 7 p.m., Merlos-Salcido was riding a bicycle, turned onto Eastern from Sunset and was struck by a 2013 Jeep Wrangler. Witness statements obtained by police indicate the SUV was headed south on Eastern in the left travel lane and struck him as it entered the intersection.
One person is dead after a van and a Jeep SUV collided near Blue Diamond Road and El Capitan Way Saturday morning.
A van was traveling north on state Route 160 around 8:50 a.m. when its driver turned left into the path of a Jeep that was traveling south, said a Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman.
A female passenger in the Jeep died at the scene, Elliott said.
The driver of the Jeep and the other passenger were taken to University Medical Center in critical condition.
The female driver of the van was uninjured, Elliott said.
Authorities say an 18-year-old California woman was hit and killed near Lovelock, Nev. while trying to flag down a pickup truck for help.
Nevada Highway Patrol officials say Michalea Vines of Antelope, Calif. died after being hit on Interstate 80 just after midnight on Tuesday.
Troopers say Vines was walking on the shoulder about four miles west of Lovelock when she stepped into the lane as she tried to signal a truck for help.
Officials say the driver, who’s from Winnemucca, pulled over and tried to help Vines, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities in Las Vegas say they've responded to hundreds of car accidents while a storm system drops an inch of rain over desert dwellers.
The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to 141 crashes between 7 a.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, including 37 with minor injuries. That's four to five times what the agency sees on a normal day.
Las Vegas police fielded 112 car crash calls in a rainy five-hour period between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday.
Police advised motorists, used to bone-dry roads, not to forget they need to change their driving habits when storms roll in.