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Motorcyclist Dead After Crash With A Truck Closing Durango Drive
A motorcyclist was fatally injured Thursday afternoon in a crash with a Chevy truck at Durango Drive.
Durango Drive was closed for several hours from Warm Springs Road to Badura Avenue while police investigated the crash.
The accident took place around 3:30PM when a Suzuki motorcycle was traveling southbound on Durango at a high rate of speed. The Chevy truck was traveling northbound and went to turn left entering the motorcycles path. The motorcycle collided with the back of the Chevy truck and the driver was thrown from the motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle was taken to a local hospital with life threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of the truck remained at the scene and cooperated with police and was treated at the scene for injuries but not taken to the hospital.
This is the 77th fatality this for traffic related deaths in LAs Vegas police are still investigating the accident.
No more information is available at this time.
Jun 21, 2024
Speeding was responsible for an average of 30 deaths per day in 2022, resulting in a total of 11,000 traffic-related fatalities. It was a factor in 29 percent of all deaths on Nevada roads that year. This alarming statistic stresses the importance of following speed limits and driving safely.
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