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2 injured in rollover crash near Fernley

FERNLEY -- A man and a woman suffered serious injuries due to a rollover accident that occurred yesterday in the morning near Fernley. Yesterday morning at approximately 11:12 am, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover crash on US 50 Alternate, approximately 8 miles ...

2nd driver dies in wrong-way Vegas freeway crash

Authorities say a 58-year-old driver has died after his car was struck by a motorist going the wrong way on a Las Vegas freeway. Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremie Elliott says the driver died at a hospital following the fiery crash just before 5 a.m. Thursday on U.S. Route 95. ...

Woman killed in single vehicle accident

RENO -- Police are investigating a single vehicle roll-over crash that claimed the life of one woman and sent her sister to a local hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries. Reno Police received a call at around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday night reporting a crash on Sky ...

Freeway ramp rollover in Vegas kills 1, injures 2

The Nevada Highway Patrol has reopened an interchange ramp linking two key Las Vegas-area freeways after investigating a single-vehicle rollover crash that killed one person and left two others badly injured. Trooper Jeremie Elliott says it appears alcohol was a factor, and none of the people in the Ford Focus ...

Solo drivers are embracing SF south bay toll lanes

Solo drivers are embracing new San Francisco south bay toll lanes, and motorists in regular lanes are benefiting, too. The San Jose Mercury News (http://bit.ly/Jd4nRe) says the first detailed report on the toll lanes at the Highway 237-Interstate 880 interchange in Milpitas has found many solo drivers are willing to ...

LA traffic snarls ahead during freeway ramp work

Drivers on the west side of Los Angeles are in for a slow summer as ramps connecting one of the nation's biggest boulevards with one of its busiest freeways are demolished and rebuilt. State and county transportation officials said at a news conference Friday that eight ramps connecting Wilshire Boulevard ...

I-405 reopens after downed power line removed

Traffic is moving again on Interstate 405 in northern Orange County after a downed power line forced closure of the roadway in both directions and caused several collisions. California Highway Patrol Officer Gabe Montoya says all southbound lanes and all but one lane on the northbound side reopened at about ...

Fatal accident after pedestrian is struck by vehicle

RENO -- A man is dead as a result of a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident that occurred last night on Kietzke Lane. Last night at around 10:30 p.m., officers from the Reno Police Department responded to Kietzke Lane & Gentry Way on a report of a vehicle versus pedestrian ...

Car rental companies putting drivers in unsafe cars?

Some rental car companies are being called criminal today for putting consumers in potentially unsafe vehicles. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is demanding rental cars under a safety recall be fixed, or pulled from lots before they're rented or sold. She sent letters to top rental car companies urging them to ...

Police targeting pedestrian related crimes this week

SPARKS -- The Sparks Police Department will be joining other local agencies in a pedestrian enforcement event over the next week specifically targeting pedestrians who fail to cross the streets properly and for vehicles who fail to yield to pedestrians. SPD will also have additional officers out during the evening ...

Scene around abandoned suitcase cleared

The scene around an abandoned suitcase that tied up traffic and caused transit delays in San Francisco has been cleared. After calling in the bomb squad and using a robot to check what was described as a suspicious package on a sidewalk in the city's Excelsior District, police determined around ...

Reduction of fatal accidents in Reno area

RENO -- The Reno Police Department has seen a reduction of fatal accident from 2011 to 2012. The Traffic Division investigated a total of seventeen fatalities for the year of 2011. From January - March of 2011, the Reno Police Department investigated six fatal accidents. So far for 2012 the Traffic Division has ...

Two injured in vehicle accident near Dayton Hill

Two men were transported to the hospital as a result of a vehicle accident that occured earlier this morning near Carson City. This morning at around 4 a.m., the Nevada Highway Patrol was dispatched to an injury accident on US 50 East approximately 4 miles east of Carson City. The ...

Temp SF approach to Golden Gate Bridge opens

San Francisco's new, temporary approach to the Golden Gate Bridge opened on schedule Monday morning, and traffic was flowing again before dawn. Traffic between San Francisco and Marin County was snarled over the weekend, after officials closed the old Doyle Drive approach and demolished the seismically unsafe roadway. The sight ...

Victims in fatal rollover crash near Lovelock identified

LOVELOCK -- The husband and wife from Sacramento, California, who were involved in the single-vehicle rollover accident near Lovelock two days ago, have both been identified and their next of kin have been notified. 66-year-old Rita N. Kovalev, who was riding in the right front seat, died at the accident ...

Victim fighting for life after being struck by vehicle

STEAD -- A victim is in critical condition as a result of a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident that occurred earlier this morning in Stead. Earlier this morning at around 2 a.m., Officers from the Reno Police Department responded to Stead Blvd near Silver Lake Road on a report of a vehicle ...

Passenger killed in rollover crash on I-80 near Lovelock

A single-car rollover accident yesterday near Lovelock resulted in the driver fighting for his life with serious injuries and the death to the passenger, his wife. Yesterday afternoon at around 1:45 pm, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 80 near mile ...

Morning traffic snarled as storm leaves So. Cal

A spring storm is moving out of Southern California but it's scattering showers and making roads slippery for the morning commute. Several big-rigs have jackknifed on slick roads, snarling traffic. Rain from a Pacific front began hitting the region late Wednesday, dropping about a third of an inch in downtown ...

UPDATE: Trucker crushed in vehicle accident in Incline Village

Authorities have identified the truck driver killed in an automobile accident yesterday afternoon as 31-year-old Eric S. Holton of Gardnerville. INCLINE VILLAGE -- An automobile accident in Incline Village caused a fatality when the driver of an eighteen wheeler was crushed by the load his vehicle was carrying. Yesterday ...

Marathon weekend for Granite crews on I-80 off-ramp

Crews for Granite Construction faced a marathon weekend in order to get the westbound Interstate 80 off-ramp reopened in time for today’s commute. The off-ramp, which handles 15,000 cars per day, closed at 8 p.m. last Friday night so that it could be widened to two lanes and new concrete ...