On Friday morning, May 15, a crash in the east valley has left a scooter rider in a critical condition.
According to Las Vegas police, the accident happened shortly before 11 a.m. on Nellis Boulevard and Harris Avenue. Forty one year old Zonkiss Jones was riding a TaoTao scooter and towing a homemade trailer when for reasons as yet unknown he drove off the roadway and crashed. The scooter first hit the curb then slid across the intersection and onto the sidewalk on the northeast corner. Jones was thrown off the scooter and smashed into a traffic signal box, hitting it head first.
Although Jones was wearing a helmet, he suffered life threatening injuries and he was taken to University Medical Center.
Nellis Boulevard was closed in the area for about four hours while officers investigated.
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