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Crash kills dirt bike rider in east Las Vegas

One person is dead after a crash late Saturday night in east Las Vegas.

Just before 8:30 p.m., a 2001 Yamaha dirt bike was traveling west on East Tropicana Avenue, east of Steptoe Street, a Metropolitan Police Department news release said. The dirt bike left the street for unknown reasons and hit a raised curb, police said.

The rider, a 48-year-old man, struck a light pole on the sidewalk and was ejected. He was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he died, the news release said.

No other information was immediately available.

Contact Jonah Dylan at jdylan@reviewjournal.com. Follow @TheJonahDylan on Twitter.

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