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Motorcyclist killed in two-vehicle crash in east Las Vegas

By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal

March 18, 2018 - 9:46 pm

Updated March 18, 2018 - 11:01 pm

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A man was killed in a crash between a motorcycle and a car Sunday afternoon in the east valley, Las Vegas police said.

Police were called just after 4:50 p.m. to Arden Street and New York Avenue, near Wyoming Avenue and Nellis Boulevard. The motorcycle hit the side of a car that was driving through the intersection, police said.

The 23-year-old man on the motorcycle died at University Medical Center, police said.

This is the 22nd traffic-related death in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.

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