Overview
- A collision Monday afternoon at Kulka and Blue Diamond involved a 2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000 and a 2024 Honda CRV after Metro said the motorcycle appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed and the Honda attempted a left turn.
- Just before 7 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a second crash near Blue Diamond and Jones Boulevard and found a motorcyclist who was later pronounced dead at the scene.
- Medical personnel pronounced both motorcyclists dead at the scenes and Metro said the Honda driver in the Monday crash remained at the scene, was uninjured, and showed no signs of impairment.
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says both collisions are under active investigation and the Tuesday crash resulted in road closures that caused traffic delays in the area.
- Local coverage notes these back-to-back fatal crashes spotlight safety risks for motorcyclists on the southwest Blue Diamond corridor and add to Metro’s current traffic-fatality count for the year.