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Motorcyclist dies in crash near Red Rock Canyon

State Route 159 and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By Mark Davis / Las Vegas Review-Journal

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A motorcyclist died in a crash near Red Rock Canyon late Monday night.

The Nevada Highway Patrol said, in a statement, that troopers responded to a fatal crash at 11:14 p.m. in the westbound lane of State Route 159 at mile marker 3.

NHP said the crash involved a single motorcycle. An adult male was “confirmed deceased” at the site, which is near the town of Blue Diamond and borders Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

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