LAS VEGAS (AP) - Two 18-year-old and 14-year-old brothers riding an off-road motorcycle on a street were killed in a collision with a SUV making a left turn in the Summerlin area of metro Las Vegas ,police said.
The police department’s traffic bureau said in a statement on Twitter that the preliminary investigation showed speed and lack of safety equipment were contributing factors contributing to the crash Friday night.
“There are no words for this,” the department’s Twitter post added.
According to police, evidence at the scene and witnesses’ accounts indicate the motorcycle was traveling at high speed and wasn’t equipped with lights.
Police said the 18-year-old was driving the motorcycle and the 14-year-old was a passenger and that only one was wearing a helmet.
Identities weren’t released.
Police Lt. Bret Ficklin said the SUV driver stayed at the scene and is not expected to face charges.
Ficklin said the motorcycle was a dirt bike that shouldn’t have been driven on a street.
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