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May 17, 2024

Las Vegas Boulevard shut down after fatal motorcycle crash

Updated Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 | 5:03 p.m.

A motorcyclist is dead, a woman was arrested on suspicion of impairment and Las Vegas Boulevard was shut down in the south valley following a crash, according to authorities.

Drivers heading to Las Vegas Boulevard, near St. Rose Parkway, should seek alternate routes, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada warned.

Officers and medical crews responded about noon to the boulevard and Barbara Lane, Metro Police Lt. Grant Rogers said. A black sedan and a motorcycle collided, critically injuring the rider, who died about an hour later at University Medical Center.

A woman, who was driving the sedan and hadn't been formally identified as of this afternoon, was arrested on suspicion of impairment, Rogers said. She was being booked at the Clark County Detention Center.

Las Vegas Boulevard reopened about 5 p.m.

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