Police probe two fatal accidents

Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001 | 9:40 a.m.

Metro Police detectives are investigating two fatal traffic accidents that occurred Wednesday.

About 2:30 a.m. a motorcyclist collided with a commercial truck on Industrial Road south of Spring Mountain Road, police said.

A 38-year-old woman was riding south on Industrial when the truck tried to turn left into a parking lot from the northbound lanes of Industrial, police said. The motorcycle rider tried to avoid the collision.

She was taken to University Medical Center, where she died. The Clark County coroner's office said it has only a tentative identification of the victim and is withholding the release of her name pending positive ID.

No charges have been filed pending the outcome of an investigation, police said.

About 1:20 p.m. officers were called to the parking lot of the U.S. Post Office at 301 E. Stewart Ave., where a Saturn, driven by a 76-year-old man, struck a concrete wall. The man apparently was trying to park.

The driver was taken to UMC, where he died shortly after arriving. It appears that a medical condition played a role in the accident, police said.

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