LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a crash in the southwest Las Vegas area.
It happened on Thursday at 1:13 p.m. at Durango Drive and Warm Springs Road.
According to evidence at the crash scene, the motorcyclist was driving south on Durango Drive from Warm Springs Road at a high rate of speed, Las Vegas Metro police said. An Infinity was traveling north on Durango Drive south of Warm Springs Road. The Infinity turned left into a private drive as the motorcycle reached the private drive. The front of the motorcycle hit the right side of the Infiniti. The collision rotated the Infiniti, causing it to come to rest in the roadway, and ejected the motorcycle rider onto the roadway.
The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital for life-saving medical care, where he was admitted in critical condition. The Infiniti’s driver remained at the collision scene and was not impaired, police said. The collision remains under investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Collision Investigation Section.