Motorcyclist killed in Strip crash
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police car. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Updated February 7, 2022 - 10:49 am
A motorcyclist died Saturday night following a crash on the north end of the Strip.
The crash occurred about 7:20 p.m. in the 2600 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South.
The Metropolitan Police Department said that the northbound Suzuki GSX-R600 hit a Hyundai Elantra that was turning onto a hotel in an “uncontrolled intersection.”
The rider died at University Medical Center, police said.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified him as 28-year-old Davion Leon Sowell.
The motorists, who was not impaired, remained at the scene, police said.
This was the 16th traffic-related death in Metro’s jurisdiction this year.
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