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Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash in southwest Las Vegas

Updated September 11, 2019 - 8:40 am

A 42-year-old motorcyclist was critically injured Tuesday afternoon when he ran a red light and struck a box truck in the southwest valley, Las Vegas police said.

About 2:40 p.m., the motorcyclist, identified by police as Shawn Grogg, was driving a 2015 Harley-Davidson south on Decatur Boulevard when it hit a 2006 Freightliner Box Truck at Post Road, just north of Sunset Road, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Witnesses and video showed the truck’s driver, a 30-year-old Las Vegas man, was making a left turn from northbound Decatur onto westbound Post when Grogg’s Harley Davidson struckt right front of the truck in the intersection.

Grogg was taken to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said.

The truck’s driver stayed at the scene and did not show signs of being impaired. The crash remained under investigation Tuesday night, police said.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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