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Man arrested for DUI in fatal collision with motorcycle

Updated Monday, March 16, 2009 | 2:22 p.m.

Fatal crash

A man suspected of driving under the influence struck and killed a motorcyclist Saturday evening in the eastern Las Vegas Valley, Metro Police said.

Police said a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup truck was westbound on Tropicana Avenue turning to go left onto Titanium Avenue when it struck the left side of an eastbound 2004 Harley-Davidson motorcycle during the turn. The motorcyclist, 53-year-old James Corrao of Las Vegas, was ejected and landed in a parking lot on the southeast corner of the intersection, police said.

The Clark County Coroner's Office said Corrao died of multiple injuries from the collision.

A woman following the motorcycle on a 2005 Harley-Davidson laid her bike down to avoid striking the vehicle, police said. The woman, identified as Deborah Carrao, 47, of Las Vegas, and James Corrao were taken to Sunrise Hospital for treatment, where James Corrao was pronounced dead.

Deborah Carrao suffered minor injuries, police said.

The driver of the pickup truck, 52-year-old Carlow Henriquez of Las Vegas, tried to leave the scene but was detained about a block from the crash, where his vehicle struck a fence, police said. The crash occurred at 6:22 p.m.

Henriquez was arrested for felony DUI with death, felony hit and run involving death, unsafe lane change and having an open container in his vehicle, records from the Clark County Detention Center said.

This is the 18th fatal crash this year in Metro Police jurisdiction, and it was the second fatal crash in the valley Saturday involving a driver suspected of being under the influence. Before 7 a.m. Saturday, a 22-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a crash that killed a bicyclist on the Las Vegas Strip.

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