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A truck driver who was high on meth when he plowed into a group of cyclists on a highway outside of Las Vegas was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed.

NTSB Looking at Nevada Highway Truck Crash That Killed 5 February 2, 2021 Federal investigators said they’ll focus on the crash of a box truck that killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway in December as they consider recommendations to prevent similar fatalities. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a brief preliminary report about the Dec. 10 crash that led to the arrest of commercial truck driver Jordan Alexander Barson on 12 felo...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal investigators said Thursday they’ll focus on the crash of a...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A monument for five bicyclists killed last month in a highway crash...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge postponed the initial hearing for an Arizona truck driver who struck and killed five bicyclists in southern Nevada on Dec. 10 in order for the defendant to...

LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas judge postponed the initial hearing for an Arizona truck driver who struck and killed five bicyclists in southern Nevada on Dec. 10 in order…

LAS VEGAS -- The driver of a truck that struck and killed five bicyclists on a Nevada highway arrived Wednesday in custody in Las Vegas, where he was scheduled to…

Authorities said he was driving from Las Vegas to the Arizona cities of Bullhead City and Kingman when the truck plowed into bicyclists near Las Vegas.

Font Size: A truck driver who killed five bicyclists on a Nevada highway has been charged with a DUI Tuesday after prosecutors claim the driver had nine times the allowable amount of methamphetamine in his system.  45-year-old Jordan Alexander Barson said that he fell asleep at the wheel of his truck when he hit at least seven cyclists in a group of approximately 20 on the morning of Dec. 10, the Associated Press reported. After striking the bicyclists, Barson’s box truck also hit the rear o...

For the past 15 years, a group of around 20 cyclists have gathered in Las Vegas to tackle the Nipton Loop. But the 2020 event ended in tragedy, as five riders are dead and three others injured after a box truck plowed into them along US Route 95. Nevada police say Jordan Alexander Barson was high on meth when he left Las Vegas and crashed into cyclists along Route 95. (Image: Nevada Highway Patrol) Nipton Loop organizer Matthew Anderson, who says his fellow riders know him as “Chikken,” exp...