LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in the southeast valley on Wednesday morning, police said.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the crash occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at around 9:50 a.m.
Police said that a motorcyclist, a 23-year-old man, was driving east on East Flamingo Road toward South McLeod Drive while a vehicle was traveling west on East Flamingo toward McLeod.
The motorcyclist hit the passenger side of the vehicle after “it made a left turn in the intersection,” a release stated. The release was not clear whether the motorcyclist or the driver of the vehicle made the turn.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene by medical personnel. The driver of the vehicle, a 42-year-old woman, was taken to a local hospital. They did not show any signs of impairment, the release said.
The motorcyclist’s death marked the 97th traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction for 2023. The collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Collision Investigation Section.
