Bicyclist, pedestrian struck by cars in northwest Las Vegas Valley
A bicyclist and a pedestrian were struck by cars in separate accidents in the northwest Las Vegas Valley Wednesday morning.
The collisions happened about 1 ½ miles from each other. Neither person was seriously hurt.
The bicyclist was hit about 8:45 a.m. near the intersection of Rancho Drive and Cheyenne Avenue, Las Vegas police said. The cyclist was not seriously injured. Officers did not identify the cyclist by age or gender.
The pedestrian was taken to MountainView Hospital after being struck by a sedan about 8:45 a.m. in the 3000 block of Winterhaven Street, near Cheyenne Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard, according to Metro. Police did not consider those injuries to be life-threatening.
There was no information on that person’s age or gender or whether the pedestrian was in a crosswalk.
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