LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A decide denied a decrease bail request for the motive force concerned in a DUI crash Monday afternoon within the northwest Las Vegas valley.
28-year-old Edward Dukes is accused of driving beneath the affect when he hit and killed a motorcyclist close to the Santa Fe Lodge and On line casino.
Choose Suzan Baucum set Duke’s bail at $250,000 and stated his actions pose a risk to the general public.
“Anytime a person gets behind the wheel of a vehicle after consuming any type of alcoholic beverages or other things, that shows this court that you can and could be a danger,” Choose Baucum stated.
Officers arrested Dukes on Monday following the deadly crash that concerned a motorbike. The motorcyclist, recognized as 43-year-old Joshua Yokley, was touring on Lone Mountain Highway close to Rainbow Boulevard when Dukes didn’t yield and turned onto the highway from a personal driveway and hit him, in line with Las Vegas Metropolitan police.
Yokley was thrown off the motorbike and onto the roadway. He was taken to an area hospital, the place he succumbed to his accidents, police stated. In the course of the court docket listening to, it was reported {that a} preliminary breath check confirmed Dukes was over the authorized restrict on the time of the collision, and he additionally admitted to ingesting alcohol.
His subsequent court docket look is ready for Thursday, April 10 at 8 a.m., in line with court docket information.
Monday’s deadly collision marked the fiftieth traffic-related loss of life in Metro’s jurisdiction this 12 months.
