LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A lady driving a mobility scooter was killed Friday evening after she was hit by a motorbike within the southwest Las Vegas valley.
The crash occurred simply earlier than 8 p.m. close to Hyde Avenue. Police mentioned a 2007 Suzuki motorbike was touring southbound on Torrey Pines Drive at a excessive fee of pace when the rider hit the girl crossing the road in her mobility scooter exterior a marked crosswalk.
The entrance of the motorbike hit the precise facet of the mobility scooter, throwing each riders to the bottom.
Medical personnel took the girl to a close-by hospital for life-threatening accidents. Regardless of emergency efforts, she died on the hospital, police mentioned
The motorbike rider, recognized as 58-year-old Darin McCuistion, was additionally taken to a close-by hospital with severe accidents. Police mentioned the rider confirmed indicators of impairment and was later arrested for DUI and reckless driving.
This marks the one hundred and twentieth traffic-related dying in Metro’s jurisdiction this 12 months, police mentioned.
