Southbound I-580 at Lakeview Hill reopened after multi-vehicle crashes on Carson City freeway
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Sat, 03/19/2016 - 10:47am
UPDATE 1:27PM: A Nevada Highway Patrol dispatcher says NHP is able to confirm two people were taken to Renown Medical Center in Reno and that Care Flight was called to the scene. The two had minor injuries, the dispatcher said. It is unclear how many other people were taken to Carson Tahoe Hospital, the dispatcher said. An NHP trooper had said earlier that up to five people were taken to the hospital, between Carson City and Reno. There were two crashes that happened, the first at 11:09 a.m. and the second and more serious reported to NHP at 11:38 a.m.
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UPDATE 1:05PM: Southbound I-580 traffic at Lakeview Hill was reopened at 12:58 p.m. following two separate crashes with injuries on the freeway. Five people were taken to Carson City and Reno hospitals via ground ambulance and Care Flight, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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UPDATE: 12:24PM: The second of two separate vehicle crashes on I-580 late Saturday morning may have been a chain reaction of vehicles attempting to slow down as emergency responders were at the scene of the first crash, according to responders at the scene.
Care Flight landed at the Lakeview Hill crash scene and multiple ambulances were called. It is unknown at this time how many people are injured in the first and second crashes.
Nevada Highway Patrol is directing traffic along with Carson City Sheriff's Office. NHP will be handling the investigation of both crashes.
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UPDATE: Care Flight and multiple ambulances have been called to the scene of a multi-vehicle crash at Lakeview Hill on the I-580 Freeway. The southbound lane of traffic has been closed. One witness said there were up to 7 vehicles involved in the crash.
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Carson City Fire Department, Nevada Highway Patrol and sheriff's deputies were called late Saturday morning to two vehicle crashes on I-580 near Lakeview in the southbound lane.
The first crash was reported at 11:09 a.m. near the North Carson Street exit with at least two injuries and the second crash involves multiple vehicles and was reported at 11:38 a.m. near Eastlake, according to dispatch.
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