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A pilot and two passengers escaped injury Wednesday after a plane crash northeast of Spooner in the Kings Canyon area, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong confirmed.

The passengers of the aircraft were taken by Carson City Fire and Rescue to the staging area at the Kings Canyon Trailhead where they signed statements with the Carson City Sheriff's Office. Both declined comment. An official at the scene said the three had taken a flight to celebrate the birthday of a 23-year-old female passenger and that both passengers were shaken and didn't wish to speak. It is believed but not confirmed the flight originated from Lake Tahoe.

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A South Lake Tahoe father and two sons were injured Thursday morning after the SUV they were in crashed Denny's restaurant on Al Tahoe Boulevard, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department reports.

Todd Jackson, 28, suffered moderate injuries in the 8:50 a.m. accident after being extricated from the 2002 Dodge Durango by the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department. He was taken to Renown Medical Center in Reno. Jackson's two sons, 11 and 8-years-old, were taken to Barton Memorial Hospital where they were treated and released for minor injuries.

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South Lake Tahoe Police Department officers arrested a man on DUI hit and run charges Thursday night after allegedly crashing his car into two parked vehicles in a driveway off of Fountain Drive. It is believed the man was text messaging at the time of the crash.
Christopher Catterson, 27, of South Lake Tahoe was arrested after running from the scene of the accident, said South Lake Tahoe Police Sgt. Shannon Laney.
Here is a news release below describing the scene as well as an attachment with photos.

The pilot found dead in the wreckage of the downed airplane found in the Pinenut Mountain Range in Douglas County Thursday has been positively identified as Keith Jorgenson, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Jorgenson, 46, was reported as the lone pilot of the plane when it left the Minden Airport on Wednesday evening.

A 50-year-old Reno woman has been identified as the victim of a fatal accident Friday on State Route 431, Mount Rose Highway, east of Joy Lake Road in Washoe County, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.

Tracy L. Scott died after the 2001 GMC Yukon XL she was driving was struck by a Dodge pickup towing a two-axle utility trailer driven by a 36-year-old Reno man. Scott was traveling westbound on the two-lane highway at the time of the crash.

A South Lake Tahoe man died and two were hospitalized in an early Saturday morning accident near Pioneer Trail and Ski Run Boulevard.
William Olazaba of South Lake Tahoe, a passenger in a white Honda Accord driven by Roberto Olazaba, 22, died at Barton Memorial Hospital. According to South Lake Tahoe police, the Honda broadsided a GMC Yukon driven by Noe Corea, 26, of South Lake Tahoe.
The accident was reported at around 1:35 a.m. and alcohol is suspected as being a contributing factor, according to South Lake Tahoe police. The vehicles struck a power utility box and knocked out power to the Ski Run area, police said.

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El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies have identified the four people killed in a horrific car accident involving a car that collided with a minivan on a rural highway in Northern California.
Five other people were hurt when a Toyota Prius crossed the center line on Highway 50 near Placerville on Saturday night and struck a Toyota Sienna minivan "broadside," said California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer John Frizzell.

TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Alpine Meadows Ski Resort is mourning the loss of one its own.Annalise Kjolhede, 24, a ski instructor with the resort's Kids Ski School, died Tuesday evening, following a skiin...

Alpine Meadows ski resort instructor Annalise Kjolhede, 24, died from injuries resulting from a ski accident that happened Saturday, resort officials said.
Kjolhede was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno. She was wearing a helmet but suffered severe head and neck trauma. She died Tuesday night.

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A single vehicle rollover accident this afternoon has shut down both lanes of State Route 28, one mile past Spooner Lake and the junction of Highway 50. Tahoe Douglas EMTs and the Nevada Highway Patrol report the accident involved a single car that hit a boulder and spun out, winding up on its roof. The single occupant was reportedly out of the vehicle and appears to be OK. The car is blocking both lanes. The accident was reported at 3:42 p.m.

The airplane that crashed after takeoff from Lake Tahoe Airport on August 25 in which five people died may have experienced problems with a fuel and air mixture — after landing earlier in the day at the airport, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

A Carson City woman died on Saturday in a single vehicle rollover accident on State Route 207 in Douglas County, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.
Lynette Lucille Cieri, 63, died of injuries sustained in the accident. She was not wearing a seat belt.
The accident was reported at 5:20 p.m. at State Route 207 and Mottsville Lane. The preliminary investigation indicates a 1995 light green Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Mottsville Lane. For an unknown reason, the Jeep entered the north dirt shoulder of Mottsville Lane before re-entering the westbound lane.

A 25-year-old man suffered a broken right femur and head trauma after being hit by a vehicle early Sunday morning at a crosswalk on Highway 50 in Stateline. Authorities are looking for the driver of the SUV that hit him and left the scene, which happened across from MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa.
The injured California man was flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno where his injuries are considered non-life threatening, said Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Barbara Stapleton.

A Gardnerville woman and a Yerington man have been identified as victims in Saturday night's fatal accident on Highway 395 at Leviathan Mine Road, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports. A Reno man has also been identified. NHP will release the name of the separate Sunday morning single-vehicle crash later today.

South Lake Tahoe Police have provided more details into Saturday's pedestrian accident on Highway 50 near Heavenly Village that critically injured a 71-year-old Ohio woman on Saturday night.
Here is a news release provided by Lt. Brian Williams of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department:

A woman was hit by a SUV near the crosswalk across from McP's Pub on Highway 50 near Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe late Saturday night. A CareFlight air ambulance was called and the woman was to be taken to Renown Medical Center in Reno.
At the time paramedics arrived to the accident the woman was breathing but unresponsive, unconscious, with blood coming from her neck and head area. The accident was reported at 11:45 p.m.