Following a crash on Thursday evening in North Las Vegas, one person is dead and another is in critical condition.
According to North Las Vegas Police, the crash occurred around 8 p.m. just east of Decatur Boulevard when a motorcycle with both a driver and a passenger collided with a car.
The police went on to say that the motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Tropical Parkway when it crashed into the car. Eric James Howell, aged 19, who was on the motorcycle, was pronounced dead at the scene and the Clark County Coroner’s office gave the cause as blunt force trauma. The other person on the motorcycle was taken to the University Medical Center trauma unit in critical condition.
The lone occupant of the car, a 45 year old man, was uninjured and did not leave the scene. Police say that he is cooperating with them. They continue to investigate the cause of the accident but say that it seems that the accident was caused because the motorcyclist was speeding.
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