NHP reports weather-related accidents in Carson City, Northern Nevada and Tahoe regions
CARSON CITY — Northern Nevada, Lake Tahoe and the capital city have seen a share of vehicle accidents largely due to weather from today's winter storm. Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Chuck Allen reports the following:
"This morning between 6:00 and 11:00 am, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a total of 15 accidents throughout the region. 3 accidents involved injuries while the other 12 were property damage only. Although I don’t have details concerning every wreck, I wanted to at least provide some preliminary numbers concerning the commute this morning.
"State Route 207 (Kingsbury Grade): 4 accidents; a 2-vehicle head-on without injuries, a 3-car non-injury, and a 4-car with injuries with one person transported. Kingsbury Grade was closed in both directions for about 40 minutes this morning because of those accidents.
"US Highway 50 West of US 395: 4 accidents; 3 were property damage and one was an injury. (All 4 happened between 10:10 and 11:00 am)
"US 395 at Jacks Valley: 1 property damage accident
"State Route 28 at Ponderosa: 1 property damage accident
"State Route 431 (Mt Rose Highway): 3 accidents; 2 property damage and 1 with injuries
"Fifth St/Saliman (Carson City): 1 property damage accident
"Interstate 80 at Gold Ranch: 1 property damage accident
"We also responded to several spin-outs and slide-off on most of the mountain highways this morning."