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1 dead after car, motorcycle collide near Amargosa Valley

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By Katelyn Newberg / Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 24, 2019 - 10:03 pm

The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal collision involving a car and a motorcycle near Amargosa Valley on Tuesday night.

The crash happened on U.S. Highway 95 north of state Route 160, the Highway Patrol said on Twitter about 9:35 p.m. One person is dead.

U.S. 95 was closed in both directions Tuesday night while troopers investigated. The Regional Transportation Commission reported in an email the highway was reopened about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Further information was not immediately available.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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