Salt Lake Co. Crash Report: Alleged DUI bus driver strikes, kills cyclist in Salt Lake

Crash Report – E Tropicana Ave & S Nellis Blvd, Las Vegas, NV

 

Report ID: 2023 November 17

NCIC#: Unknown

OFFICER ID#: Unknown


Traffic Unit 1: RTC bus


Occupants: Multiple on the bus; 1 on the bike

Injuries/Fatalities: Yes

Vehicle Damage (If Any): Unknown

Property Damage (other than vehicles): Unknown

Road Surface Condition (Dry, Wet, Snow, Mud, Dirt): Unknown

Manner of Crash Impact (Single Vehicle, Angle, Left Turn, Rear-End, Head-On, Sideswipe, U-Turn, Other, Unknown): Other; single-vehicle

Location of Pedestrian/Cyclist (If Any): In the intersection

Narrative

LAS VEGAS, NV – A 33-year-old male cyclist died on Friday after an RTC bus struck him at a busy intersection in southeast Las Vegas.

The collision occurred just before 2:56 p.m. at East Tropicana Avenue and South Nellis Boulevard, which is just west of Whitney Library.

Police say that the driver of the bus neglected to stop for a red light at the intersection and struck the man on the bicycle, who died after transport to a local hospital. Authorities have not yet released his identity.

Nobody on the bus sustained injuries.

Authorities arrested the driver of the RTC bus on a DUI charge.

A full investigation is underway.

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