Motorcyclist killed after crash in northeast Las Vegas Valley

A motorcyclist was killed aft a clang with a suspected impaired operator Friday nighttime successful the northeast Las Vegas Valley.

The clang occurred conscionable earlier 9:20 p.m. connected East Owens Avenue adjacent Desert Flower Drive, according to a Metropolitan Police Department quality release. The victim, a 39-year-old man, was traveling westbound connected Owens Avenue successful the wrong westbound question lane. Leonardo Carrasco, 29, was operating a 2016 GMC Sierra heading eastbound connected Owens erstwhile constabulary said helium crossed the shared halfway crook lane and crashed into the motorcycle.

The motorcyclist was pronounced deceased astatine the scene. Carrasco failed tract sobriety tests and was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for suspected impaired driving.

The decease marks the 77th traffic-related fatality successful the department’s jurisdiction for 2021.

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