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By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 1, 2019 - 10:05 am
 

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a motorcyclist who was killed Friday in the south Las Vegas Valley.

Ishmel Evans, a 24-year-old man, died of blunt force injuries, according to the coroner’s office.

Officers responded to the crash around 12:40 a.m. Friday at West Starr Avenue and South Valley View Boulevard.

Evans was traveling west on Starr when the Yamaha R6 he was riding left the roadway and struck a block wall.

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