Motorcyclist who died on Geiger Grade ID’d

Update: March 3 8:55pm:

Kyle Banko, 24, of Carson City died Saturday while riding his motorcycle on the Geiger Grade.

A motorcyclist died March 2 on the Geiger Grade. Photo/NHP

Nevada Highway Patrol officials say on March 2 at approximately 1:58pm the sport bike traveling north on Highway 431 toward Reno in a no-passing zone passed a silver Subaru Outback traveling in the same direction. The motorcycle struck the left side of the Subaru and the rider was ejected, troopers said.

Banko died at Renown Medical Center in Reno where he had been airlifted.

The occupants in the Subaru, a 28-year-old Gardnerville woman and her two children, ages 4 years and 3 months, were not injured.

The highway was closed for approximately 30 minutes. The highway was completely opened at 6:26pm.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report