LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A 26-year-old man was killed in a crash early Christmas morning on the south end of the Las Vegas Valley.
Police say the collision happened at 12:50 a.m. on Dean Martin Drive at the intersection with Ponderosa Way.
The man was riding a motorcycle southbound on Dean Martin when police say the driver of a Mercedes-Benz splinter van "turned left at the intersection, traveling into the motorcycle's path."
The motorcycle, a Ducati Scrambler, collided with the right front of the Mercedes, ejecting its rider onto the roadway, police said.
A doctor pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene. As of this report, authorities had not released his identity.
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Police say the driver of the Mercedes van remained at the scene and showed no signs of impairment.
The motorcyclist's death marked the 153rd traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction in 2023. The crash is under investigation by LVMPD's Collision Investigation Section.
