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UPDATE: Victim identified in fatal motorcycle crash

Posted at 2:06 PM, Oct 01, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-02 15:40:08-04
UPDATE: The Clark County Coroner identified the motorcyclist as Yariel Penalver from Las Vegas.
 
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- A fatal crash was reported at 3291 Heritage Way around 1:25 p.m. Saturday.
 
Police say a motorcycle driver was conducting a brake test when he lost control of the bike, slid into an open garage, and nearly went through the wall of the home. He died at the scene of the crash.

A neighbor who witnessed the accident said the 28-year-old victim had a newborn.
 
The driver of the motorcycle was wearing a helmet and had previously completed several tests in the neighborhood while he was performing maintenance on his bike.