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Motorcyclist killed in central Las Vegas crash

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By Dalton LaFerney Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 28, 2020 - 11:45 pm

Updated April 29, 2020 - 4:41 am

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night after crashing into a median in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.

The Metropolitan Police Department said the motorcyclist crashed on Flamingo Road east of Torrey Pines Drive around 9 p.m.

At about midnight, police said the motorcyclist had died.

Further information was not immediately available.

Contact Dalton LaFerney at dlaferney@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0288. Follow @daltonlaferney on Twitter.

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