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UPDATE: Coroner identifies motorcyclist killed after crash in roundabout

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Posted at 6:09 AM, May 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-20 16:42:03-04

UPDATE 5/20: The Clark County Coroner has identified the motorcyclist as 50-year-old Joseph Olszweski from Las Vegas. His cause of death was due to multiple blunt force injuries and it was ruled an accident.

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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) -- A motorcyclist has died after crashing around 11:30 p.m. Thursday near West Flamingo Road and Granite Ridge Drive on the west side of the valley.

Police say that the motorcyclist failed to negotiate a roundabout and overturned.

The motorcycle slid into the concrete curbing that bordered the roundabout and into the landscaping.

The 50-year-old male rider sustained substantial injuries and was originally transported to the University Medical Center in critical condition before dying on May 15.