On Tuesday at 9:47 p.m., Sparks police responded to the area of 85 Coney Island Drive on a report of a single-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle.
Officers arrived within a minute of the call and found that the operator of the motorcycle, later identified as Matthew Tarver of Sparks, was injured but was talking and refusing to be transported to the hospital.
Tarver was prompted by friends on the scene to go to the hospital and was transported to Renown Regional Medical Center by REMSA for treatment.
As a result of injuries sustained from the collision, Tarver died Wednesday morning.
Alcohol or drugs do not appear to be a factor at this time however toxicology reports are pending, according to police.
The initial investigation indicates Tarver was traveling east on Coney Island Drive at a high rate of speed when he lost control, causing the motorcycle to fall to the pavement and skid into a curb. The impact with with the curb vaulted Tarver and the motorcycle into a private parking lot where he struck a power transformer box and a parked vehicle. The impact from the collision with the transformer box knocked power out to several nearby businesses.
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