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Fatal motorcycle crash closes Desert Inn at Pecos

By ANNALISE LITTLE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
October 27, 2014 - 9:06 pm
 
Las Vegas police investigate the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash on East Desert Inn Road near Pecos Road in Las Vegas on Monday Oct. 27, 2014. Police said a vehicle turned onto Pecos in front of the motorcycle driving straight throughout the intersection. The motorcycle slid several hundred feet on Desert Inn. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police investigate the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash on East Desert Inn Road near Pecos Road in Las Vegas on Monday Oct. 27, 2014. Police said a vehicle turned onto Pecos in front of the motorcycle driving straight throughout the intersection. The motorcycle slid several hundred feet on Desert Inn. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Desert Inn Road was closed near Pecos Road Monday afternoon after a man died in a motorcycle crash, Las Vegas police said.

The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on Desert Inn when a vehicle turned onto Pecos in front of a motorcycle driving straight through the intersection.

The motorcycle slid several hundred feet on Desert Inn, Lt. Dave Valenta said. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene.

Desert Inn was closed as of 6 p.m. from Pecos to Sandhill Road. Valenta said once the investigation began, the closed section might be expanded.

The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene.

Contact reporter Annalise Little at alittle@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0391. Find her on Twitter: @annalisemlittle.

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