LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in Nye County on Oct. 10, according to the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Division.
The crash occurred at about 8:57 a.m. when a 2013 Honda Pilot SUV was traveling southbound on Barney Street approaching Bell Vista Avenue in Pahrump, according to Nevada State Police. The SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to pass a 2023 Honda Navi motorcycle while using the northbound travel lane in a no-passing zone, police said.
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The motorcycle rider steered left to turn onto eastbound Bell Vista Avenue when the SUV struck the left side of the motorcycle, causing it to overturn and eject the rider, according to police. The SUV came to rest north of Barney Street.
The SUV driver fled the crash scene on foot and was not injured, according to Nevada State Police. Nye County Sheriff’s deputies apprehended the driver, who was arrested and charged by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation is ongoing, police said.
The motorcycle rider was identified as Timothy Michael Dorn, 43, of Pahrump, according to Nevada State Police. Dorn was transported by Mercy Air Ambulance with life-threatening injuries. He died later that morning at a local hospital, police said.
The Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Southern Command has investigated 54 fatal crashes resulting in 60 fatalities so far in 2026, according to the agency.
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