Power line down in middle of Highway 50 East, traffic being diverted
NV Energy reports approximately 190 customers in the area are without power as of 1:05 p.m.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called to a power line down in the 1500 to 1600 block of Highway 50 East. Traffic is being diverted. All eastbound traffic is being diverted at Saliman and Highway 50 to Rand and Long and westbound Highway 50 traffic is being diverted to Russell.
NV Energy has arrived at the scene and is working on removing the lines. The call came into dispatch just after 12:30 p.m.