Woman dies of injuries suffered in Fairbanks dirt bike crash

Published 8:03 am Sunday, April 10, 2016

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman involved in a crash on a stolen dirt bike has died.

Fairbanks police say Lakeisha Nollner-Albert died Thursday from injuries suffered in the crash with a car. She was unresponsive after suffering a serious a head injury and had been flown to an Anchorage hospital.

Nollner-Albert was a passenger on a dirt bike driven by 20-year-old Clayton Nelson. Police just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday responded to a crash at 21st Avenue and Cowles Street.

About three hours later, a resident of 25th Avenue reported his dirt bike had been stolen.

Nelson has a revoked driver’s license.

Police say neither he nor Nollner-Albert wore helmets.

The driver of the car was not injured. Nelson suffered a broken femur and pelvis. He also was flown to an Anchorage hospital.