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Shortly before 10:00 p.m., a 17-year-old girl was exiting the parking lot of a pizza restaurant, and was turning left onto Maryland Parkway but failed to yield to a northbound motorcycle on the road, and the two vehicles collided. The 27-year-old male driver of the motorcycle and his passenger, a 22-year-old woman, were both thrown from their vehicle and sustained serious to critical injuries. The 17-year-old driver then fled the scene, but was found and arrested a short time later. No one in the car was injured in the crash. Check back for updates.
Henderson police were called to the scene of a motorcycle crash at about 5:45 p.m.Friday on East Sunset Road near Boulder Highway. It appears that the motorcyclist, Jesus Munguia of Henderson, missed a curve and struck a median, at which point he lost control of the motorcycle. He was thrown from the cycle and struck a light pole. Munguia died at the scene.
According to Las Vegas Metro police, reports of a crash came in at 1:55 p.m. Thursday near Hualapai Way on West Charleston Boulevard. Witnesses said the driver of an eastbound white BMW driving erratically on Charleston when he crashed into a pole. The driver, identified as Alexander E. Kuckenbecker, was dead at the scene. Charleston was shut down between Hualapai Way and Apple Drive.
According to Las Vegas Metro Police, on Sunday evening a Mercedes-Benz carrying three teenagers was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed on Grand Canyon Drive at the same time a Toyota Corolla driven by Christopher Casey, 35, was westbound on Hacienda Avenue at Grand Canyon, stopped at a two-way stop sign. The Toyota proceeded into the intersection, where it was struck by the speeding Mercedes-Benz. A passenger in the Toyota, John Pennington, 30, was ejected and suffered a traumatic brain injury, collapsed lungs, and a number of fractures.