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For the past 15 years, a group of around 20 cyclists have gathered in Las Vegas to tackle the Nipton Loop. But the 2020 event ended in tragedy, as five riders are dead and three others injured after a box truck plowed into them along US Route 95.
Nevada police say Jordan Alexander Barson was high on meth when he left Las Vegas and crashed into cyclists along Route 95. (Image: Nevada Highway Patrol)
Nipton Loop organizer Matthew Anderson, who says his fellow riders know him as “Chikken,” explains that the group stays at the M Resort Spa Casino south of the Las Vegas Strip in Henderson. The Loop is a nearly 130-mile trek that takes riders from Las Vegas southeast to Boulder City, south to Searchlight, west to Nipton, and then north back to Las Vegas along I-15.