A 60-year-old man from Henderson was killed on Saturday evening when the electric scooter he was riding was struck by a pickup truck on North Las Vegas Boulevard near Nellis Boulevard, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. The crash, reported at about 6:26 p.m. on November 14, 2026, shut down the intersection of North Las Vegas Boulevard and North Nellis Boulevard in the northeast Las Vegas Valley for hours while investigators worked the scene.

What police say happened

Police told reporters the man was riding his e-scooter in a bus lane on North Las Vegas Boulevard, just north of North Nellis Boulevard, when he moved over into the next lane and into the path of a pickup truck. The truck struck him, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released the man's name. The driver of the pickup stayed at the scene and showed no signs of impairment, police said, and the crash remains under investigation.

Officers closed the North Las Vegas Boulevard and Nellis Boulevard intersection during the investigation, causing traffic backups in the area on Saturday night, and urged drivers to find other routes. Police did not provide an estimated time for the intersection to reopen. Anyone who saw the crash and has not spoken with police can call the department's non-emergency line at 311.

A busy corridor after dark

North Las Vegas Boulevard near Nellis is a wide, busy corridor with a bus lane, close to Nellis Air Force Base and near the border between Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. In mid-November the sun sets in Las Vegas at around 4:30 p.m., so the evening commute now happens in the dark, when scooter and bicycle riders are hardest to see. Local guidance for e-scooter and e-bike riders stresses a bright front light and a red rear light, reflective clothing and a helmet, and checking over the shoulder and waiting for a clear gap before leaving a bus or bike lane.

The corridor has seen repeated tragedy in recent days. On Friday night, a man was killed when a semi-truck struck him on northbound Interstate 15 near the Craig Road interchange, prompting an hours-long closure of the freeway. Earlier in the week, on November 10, a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run near Harmon Avenue and Nellis Boulevard in the east valley. Traffic safety advocates have long pressed local and state officials to do more to reduce serious injuries and deaths on Southern Nevada streets, particularly at high-volume intersections where pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles mix.

E-scooters on Nevada roads

Electric scooters have become a common sight on Las Vegas streets, used by commuters, visitors and delivery riders, and they share lanes with fast-moving traffic on wide boulevards built for cars. Nevada law treats electric scooters as vehicles in many respects, and riders are expected to follow the rules of the road, including riding with traffic and yielding when changing lanes. The Henderson man's death is a reminder of how little protection a rider has when a lane change goes wrong: unlike a car driver, a scooter rider has no steel frame, no airbag and no crumple zone between them and the vehicle behind.

What happens next

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's investigation is continuing. Investigators will establish the full sequence of the lane change, the speed of the pickup and whether any further action is warranted, and police are expected to release the victim's name after his family has been notified. Drivers heading to Nellis Air Force Base or the northeast valley were advised to allow extra time while the investigation continued, and police urged witnesses who have not yet come forward to call 311.