Crash kills dirt bike rider 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.

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