8:00 p.m. UPDATE: The Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) said their preliminary investigation indicates that a Honda utility vehicle was traveling westbound on
US-50 at a high rate of speed. The Honda was traveling too fast to safely negotiate a curve and struck a Volvo before running off the right shoulder of US-50. The Honda then overturned, ejecting two occupants.
An adult female was pronounced deceased by medical personnel while being transported to a local area hospital.
Four others from the Honda sustained injuries in the crash and were transported to a local area hospital. This includes two adult males, one juvenile male, and one adult female. The Volvo was occupied by a driver and a passenger, neither of whom sustained any injuries.
Impairment and speed are factors in this crash, according to NHP.
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) is reporting a fatality in a Sunday afternoon crash on US-50 West near Golf Club Drive on the Carson City side of Spooner Summit.
Multiple people were injured in the crash that occurred around 4 p.m. Two of those injured in the crash were transported by air ambulance, and two by ground ambulance, according to NHP. The park-and-ride area at the bottom of the highway was used as a landing spot for the air ambulances.
NHP Sgt. Chris Brown said the crash involved two vehicles, with two people ejected.
One lane of US-50 westbound remains closed for an investigation. There are no details on the types of vehicles involved.
According to Carson Now, the crash was originally reported to Carson City Sheriff’s Dispatch as a vehicle crash involving a bicycle rider, but Brown said there were no bicycles involved.
This incident follows an earlier crash near the same section of US-50. That crash occurred around 1:20 p.m. and involved a motorcycle near Golf Club Drive. That person was flown by Care Flight to Renown. At this time, there is no update on their condition.