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By KEN RITTER, AP LAS VEGAS (AP) — The driver of a box truck that struck and killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway last week told investigators he fell asleep at the wheel but had a high level of methamphetamine in his system, prosecutors said Tuesday. Jordan Alexander Barson, 45, of Kingman, Arizona, faces 12 felony charges including driving under the influence and reckless driving in a criminal complaint filed in Las Vegas. “Choices have consequences,” Cl...

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Truck driver in crash that killed 5 cyclists near Las Vegas had meth in his system, DA says Reno-Gazette-Journal 12/16/2020 Ed Komenda, Reno Gazette Journal © Nevada Highway Patrol The driver of a white Isuzu box truck was traveling southbound when it hit an escort vehicle and several bicyclists on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. LAS VEGAS – The box truck driver who hit a group of 20 bicyclists in a collision that killed five riders had nine times an allowable amount of methamp...

Authorities identify 5 cyclists killed when truck ran into group near Boulder City Reno-Gazette-Journal 12/12/2020 Ed Komenda, Reno Gazette Journal © GoFundMe Michael Anderson launched a GoFundMe to ease financial strain on the families of five cyclists filled in a highway crash Thursday morning. LAS VEGAS – The Clark County medical examiners office has identified the five people who were killed Thursday when a box truck hit a group of cyclists out for a celebratory rid...

5 Bicyclists Killed in Crash with Box Truck on Nevada Highway People 12/12/2020 © Provided by People gofundme Cyclists involved in crash About 20 cyclists were enjoying a ride in the Nevada desert on Thursday when a box truck crashed into them — killing five and injuring four more. Erin Ray, Gerrard Nieva, Michael Murray, Aksoy Ahmet and Tom Trauger all died on the scene, fellow cyclist Michael Anderson shared in a GoFundMe campaign he created to raise money for his friends funerals. And...

"It's the worst thing I could ever see in my life," surviving cyclist said after the crash.

BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Five bicyclists were killed and three others injured in a crash Thursday involving a box truck on U.S. Highway 95 south of Boulder City, Nevada Highway Patrol officials said.

Members of a bicycling group were grieving Thursday after five participants in their annual Nevada-California border-area ride were killed when a box truck struck them, according to reports.

Almost 20 cyclists were traveling through Nevada's open desert on Thursday when they were involved in the deadliest vehicle-cyclist crash in the state in at least 16 years....