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NHP: Geiger Grade closed after two motorcycles crash near Virginia City
UPDATE: The Nevada Highway Patrol says State Route 341, Geiger Grade, has been reopened.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol closed Geiger Grade State Route 341 near Virginia City on Saturday following a motorcycle crash that has left two people seriously injured. Care Flight has flown one person to the hospital and another was taken by ambulance, according to a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper.
Dispatch reports the two motorcycles collided. NHP says the road is closed at mile marker 71 on State Route 341 with the major accident investigative team responding to the scene.
The crash was reported before 11 this morning approximately 7 miles from the Washoe County line. NHP has not said when it will reopen the roadway. The crash comes less than a day after another motorcycle crash Friday night on State Route 34 south of Lousetown Road. KOLO reports that in the crash, one person was flown by Care Flight and another taken by ambulance. The crash was reported at around 7:15 p.m.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.