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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

A motorcycle rider died Thursday night after his bike collided with a pick-up truck.

The crash happened at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Desert Inn Road near Brentwood Street. Police say the motorcycle, a 2005 Harley Davidson, was traveling westbound along Desert Inn, when it hit the truck. The truck was turning from Brentwood on to eastbound Desert Inn at the time of the collision.

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Monday, March 17, 2014
The intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Windmill Lane has reopened to traffic after being closed for nearly seven hours because of a fatal crash that left two people dead. The crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. According to police, the driver of pickup truck was speeding southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard and rear-ended a moped stopped at a red light. Both people on the moped were thrown more than 100 feet. One person died at the scene and the other died at University Medical Center. A third car was also hit by the vehicles.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
A motorcycle rider was in critical condition after crashing while racing another motorcycle near the Las Vegas Strip Monday morning. The two motorcycles were racing on Tropicana Avenue just before 3 a.m. when one of them hit a vehicle near Paradise Road, Las Vegas police lieutenant Bruce Miyama said. The rider was thrown from the bike and was in critical condition, though his injuries were not life-threatening. The driver of the vehicle hit by the motorcycle had no injuries. The other motorcycle rider left the scene.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

A man was transported to the hospital in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle on State Route 159 Sunday night.

Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the scene near Avery Street about 6:45 p.m., according to a NHP trooper.

The man was airlifted to University Medical Center in critical condition, police said, and parts of State Route 159 will be partially closed while NHP investigates.

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Sunday, March 2, 2014

All lanes of northbound Interstate 15 reopened about 8:45 a.m. Monday after three hours of delays near the Charleston Boulevard exit.

Nevada Highway Patrol responded to two separate crashes involving motorcycles on I-15 near Charleston about 5:45 a.m., said a state trooper, which resulted in lane closures for northbound I-15.

One person sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to University Medical Center, Elliott said.

By 8:45 a.m., all lanes were reopened.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A man who crashed his motorcycle on state Route 160 last month died from his injuries Wednesday.

Robert Neal Parsons, 62, was traveling north on Route 160 Feb. 20 near the intersection with state Route 159 when his motorcycle went off the road into the desert, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Parsons was thrown from his motorcycle and airlifted to University Medical Center, the patrol said.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Metro police are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened early Saturday morning near Oakey and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Police stated that Trenton Gleaton 21, was driving a 2014 Kawasaki sport motorcycle, when he failed to stay in his lane while going eastbound on Oakey approaching MLK.

The bike ran off the right side of the roadway onto the south sidewalk and continued eastbound, crashing into the base of a street light pole.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Western Avenue was closed to traffic in both directions near Sahara following a fatal crash Thursday involving a motorcycle and vehicle.

The crash happened around 2:10 p.m. According to Metro Police, the motorcyclist was speeding and doing a wheelie on the wrong side of the road.

The motorcyclist, later identified as Griffith Alexander Grossguth 28, was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the vehicle was transported to the hospital with minor injuries.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A motorcyclist is dead following a crash around 7:30 p.m. on Major Avenue near Boulder Highway. According to Henderson Police, the 53-year-old man, later id ran a red light and struck a Dodge Avenger. The motorcyclist, later identified as Christopher Boovy 53, was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol may be a factor, police said. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

A fatal motorcycle crash shut down the Charleston Boulevard off-ramp from southbound I-15 for more than four hours Friday morning.

Nevada Highway Patrol says the single-vehicle accident happened shortly after 3 a.m. The 28-year-old male rider died at the scene of the crash.