LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An individual driving a scooter was killed when a transit bus hit them within the southeast Las Vegas valley, police mentioned.
Las Vegas Metro police responded to the crash simply earlier than midday on East Flamingo Highway west of the Pecos-Mclead interconnect.
In accordance with police, a transit bus was touring westbound within the designated bus lane on East Flamingo Highway when a 32-year-old man on a scooter got here into its path. The bus hit the rider on his left aspect, inflicting him to fall beneath the automobile. The bus then got here to a cease, police mentioned.
An individual driving a scooter was killed when a bus hit them within the southeast Las Vegas valley, police mentioned. (KLAS)(KLAS)
Medical personnel arrived on the scene and, regardless of all life-saving measures, he was pronounced useless.
The lanes reopened to drivers shortly after 3:30 p.m., in keeping with RTC.
The rider’s loss of life marks the forty fourth traffic-related fatality within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division’s jurisdiction for the 12 months 2025.