Fatal crash on Kingsbury Grade; Road closed
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/04/2017 - 10:35pm
11:10 p.m. update: The Nevada Highway Patrol Fatal Team is at the scene of tonight's fatal crash on Kingsbury Grade between Tramway Drive and Foothill. The road is closed on the valley side and all traffic trying to head over from the lake side is being turned around at Tramway.
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Kingsbury Grade is closed at this hour between Tramway Drive and the Carson Valley as emergency crews work to clear an earlier fatal crash that claimed the lives of two people.
The crash happened about two miles up from the valley floor.
According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, two cars collided, resulting in two deaths and two people transported by CareFlight.
This is a developing story and no other details are available.
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