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Over 400 citations given for cell phone use while driving in 3 month period
RENO -- The Washoe County Sheriff's Office has issued 449 citations from January 1, 2013 through April 30, 2013 to drivers talking or texting on their handheld cell phone device. Nevada State Law prohibits the use of any handheld cell phone while driving and is punishable by fines of ...
Motorcycle fatalities remain high in Nev—Sandoval declares May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
CARSON CITY -- Thirty-seven motorcycle fatalities occurred in Nevada during 2012 according to the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety. With a continuing goal of Zero Fatalities, Governor Brian Sandoval proclaims May 2013 Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The proclamation calls on motorcyclists and motorists to be vigilant in their efforts ...
Road construction continues on I-80
RENO -- Northbound Sparks Boulevard will be closed from Greg Street north to I-80 beginning Friday, May 3 at 6 pm to Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6 am. The closure allows construction crews to work on concrete paving improvements on Sparks Boulevard for the RTC’s SouthEast Connector Project. ...
Wild horse crashes, kills motorcycle rider
PALOMINO VALLEY -- The Washoe County Sheriff's Office patrol division and Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T.) investigated a fatal traffic accident involving a motorcyclist versus a wild horse in the Palomino Valley area last night at around 9. The Sheriff's Office has confirmed with the Washoe County Medical ...
Teen succumbs to injuries in Pleasant Valley crash
PLEASANT VALLEY -- The seventeen-year-old teenager involved in the single-vehicle rollover crash on Tuesday afternoon in Pleasant Valley has died from her injuries at Renown Regional Medical Center. Heather Brown was declared brain dead on Wednesday afternoon at approximately 3:06 pm, and had remained on an artificial life-support system through ...
Man crashes truck into animal clinic
CARSON CITY -- The driver of a pickup may have suffered a medical condition that caused him to crash into a Carson City veterinarian clinic Thursday afternoon on North Carson Street. Carson City Fire Department and Sheriff's Office personnel responded to the accident at Silver Hills Pet Hospital where ...
Speeding-involved motorcycle and car crash cause lane closures on IR-580
RENO -- Lunch hour got real heated while drivers on southbound IR-580 had a lengthy wait after all lanes were closed due to a crash between a motorcycle and a BMW sedan. This afternoon at around 12:15, a trooper on duty with the Nevada Highway Patrol came upon a ...
Washoe Valley teen gravely injured in Pleasant Valley rollover
PLEASANT VALLEY -- A local teen is fighting for life after the vehicle she was driving rolled over yesterday afternoon near Pleasant Valley. Yesterday afternoon at around 4, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover accident on US 395 Alternate (US395A) near Ames Lane in ...
Elder man crashes car into home
RENO -- This afternoon a medical emergency caused an elderly man to crash his vehicle into a home on Lakeshore Today at around 12 noon, Reno Police Officers responded to the area of 3102 Eastshore Place on the report of a vehicle which had crashed into a residence. When ...
Almost 200 cited during 'Joining Forces' traffic campaign
SPARKS -- A joint effort between local law authorities during this month has resulted in close to 200 drivers cited for various infractions. From April 1st to April 22nd, the Sparks Police Department, Reno Police Department, Washoe County Sheriff's Office, and Nevada Highway Patrol have been Joining Forces to ...
Cracking down on cell phones behind the wheel
RENO -- Twelve thousand, two hundred and five citations were issued last year to drivers using a cell phone behind the wheel, a number the Nevada department of public safety hopes to see decrease. “It directly affects not only the driver but everyone else around them as well,” says ...
Traffic enforcement campaign reveals too many drivers still using cell phones
SPARKS -- A joint traffic operation by local law authority netted several citations and revealed that many drivers are still refusing to put their cell phones away while driving. The Sparks Police Department, teamed with Reno Police Department, the Washoe County Sheriff's Department, and the Nevada Highway Patrol, engaged ...
Overpass project sets path for finish of Carson bypass
CARSON CITY -- Granite Construction is preparing to build an overpass that will clear the way for construction of the final leg of Interstate 580 around Carson City. The freeway is scheduled for completion in 2018. Granite in March began work on a $9.5 million contract to build an ...
Zero-Tolerance Enforcement week starts Monday
RENO -- April is National Distracted Driving Month and the Nevada Highway Patrol will be implementing a zero-tolerance enforcement period next week, April 22-26, as a strict traffic safety initiative to hopefully curtail the use of hand-held phones while motorists are driving. Troopers around the Silver State are still ...
Nevada Highway Patrol awards first female trooper in the state with #1 Senior Trooper Badge
The Nevada Highway Patrol is proud to announce that Trooper Lori McGrath is the senior trooper in the Silver State, with twenty-nine years of service. In the past twenty-nine years Trooper McGrath has committed herself to being an outstanding Commercial Trooper, K-9 handler, instructor, role model, mentor, and friend. ...
2 men arrested in separate DUI-involved car chases
RENO -- Two motorists were arrested and booked into the Washoe County Detention Facility overnight for DUI and other charges after attempting to flee from troopers in two separate events. The first event took place at approximately 11:30 pm last evening when a sergeant with the Nevada Highway Patrol attempted ...
Local traffic enforcement campaign targets continued cell phone use
RENO -- The Sparks Police Department, along with Reno Police Department, Washoe County Sheriff's Office, and Nevada Highway Patrol, are continuing an enforcement campaign centered on violations in and around intersections throughout the month of April. The violations most commonly cited are Red Light and Duty to Decrease Speed. ...
Report: Local drivers waste nearly $1,700 each year driving on deficient roads
CARSON CITY -- At a time when the state faces a large and growing transportation funding shortfall, more than half of Nevada’s major locally and state-maintained roads are in either poor or mediocre condition, vehicle travel has grown at the fastest rate in the nation, and Nevada drivers experience ...
Yerington man seriously injured in rollover crash on state route 208
YERINGTON -- A Yerington man is recovering from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident last night near Yerington. Last night at around 7:30, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover crash on State Route 208 in Lyon County, approximately 5 miles south of ...
The driving force behind a new distracted driving campaign
RENO -- In an effort to prevent some of the 3000 distracted driving deaths per year, Distracted Driving Awareness month kicked off nationwide on Monday. Records show more than 2000 Nevadans were injured and seven were killed in distracted driving accidents in 2010. And as of Monday, there is ...
Nevada Traffic
- Over 400 citations given for cell phone use while driving in 3 month period
- Motorcycle fatalities remain high in Nev—Sandoval declares May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
- Road construction continues on I-80
- Wild horse crashes, kills motorcycle rider
- Teen succumbs to injuries in Pleasant Valley crash
- Man crashes truck into animal clinic
- Speeding-involved motorcycle and car crash cause lane closures on IR-580
- Washoe Valley teen gravely injured in Pleasant Valley rollover
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