Published Saturday, April 10, 2010 | 10:51 a.m.
Updated Saturday, April 10, 2010 | 5:32 p.m.
Accident location
A motorcyclist was killed this morning after being struck by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on northbound U.S. 95 in Las Vegas, police said.
Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Chelita Rojas said a passenger car was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the freeway at about 10:05 a.m. before colliding with the motorcycle head-on near the Decatur Boulevard interchange.
Medical crews performed CPR on the motorcyclist, but he died shortly after the collision, authorities said.
The driver of the vehicle going the wrong way was an 82-year-old man who was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, Rojas said.
All northbound traffic on the freeway was stopped at the accident scene and the freeway was not completely open until about 1 p.m.
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