Gardnerville man arrested on charges related to fatal car crash in Carson City

Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 11:23am

Omar Adan Oronia-Camacho has been arrested in connected of a crash in Carson City that claimed the life of a woman on January 6, 2018.

Since the date of the crash, the Nevada Highway Patrol Multi-Disciplinary Investigation and Reconstruction Team (M.I.R.T.) has been working on the investigation.

On January 6, the fatal crash occured when Oronia-Camacho failed to stop at a red light while driving northbound on South Carson Street. He entered the intersection with Koontz Lane and struck the driver side of a silver 2004 Buick Lesabre which was preparing to turn left onto South Carson Street from Koontz Lane on a green traffic signal.

The driver, Rosemary Stroup, died as a result of the injuries she sustained from the crash.

On Friday June 8, 2018, Nevada Highway Patrol troopers made contact with Oronia-Camacho at his residence in Gardnerville. Oronia-Camacho was taken into custody without incident on a felony bench warrant issued by the Carson City Justice Court related to the fatal crash.