A tragic collision in the west Las Vegas Valley on Friday night resulted in the death of a 78-year-old woman who was using a mobility scooter. The incident occurred just before 8 p.m. on South Torrey Pines Drive, north of Hyde Avenue. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the woman, a Las Vegas resident whose name has not been released, was attempting to cross the street outside of a marked crosswalk when she was struck by a motorcycle.
Details provided by the Metropolitan Police Department report that the motorcycle, a 2007 Suzuki GSXR-600 operated by 58-year-old Darin McCuistion, was traveling southbound on Torrey Pines at high speed. McCuistion’s vehicle reportedly collided with the mobility scooter, leading to both parties being thrown to the ground. 8 News Now notes that although the woman was rushed to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, she later succumbed to her wounds…