Texas woman dies in crash Saturday near Walker Lake
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 06/05/2017 - 12:04pm
A 74-year-old Livingston, Texas woman died Saturday in a crash that happened on US95 at the south end of Walker Lake, north of Hawthorne, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said.
Rosalie Ann Powers, 74, a passenger in a motor home, died of injuries following the crash after she was taken to the hospital, said NHP Trooper Dan Gordon.
On June 3, 2017 at approximately 9:25 a.m., NHP troopers were dispatched to US95. Preliminary investigation shows that a maroon 2013 Honda Accord was traveling northbound behind a white 2003 Peterbuilt semi-truck and a tan 2014 Fleetwood RV motor home.
The driver of the Honda Accord attempted to pass both the semi-truck and RV and entered the southbound lane in a marked passing zone. As the Honda Accord was passing, the Peterbuilt Semi also began to pass the slower Fleetwood RV at the same time. The driver of the Honda Accord, in an effort to avoid the Peterbuilt, began to steer to the right causing the right front of the Accord to strike the left front of the motor home.
The driver of the motor home braked and steered to the right causing it to go off the roadway and down the embankment and overturned. The Honda Accord also went down the embankment on the right side of the roadway. The semi driver (did not make contact with either vehicle) pulled over and waited for law enforcement.
The driver and passenger of the Honda Accord were transported by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the motor home was transported to a Reno Hospital via CareFlight with serious injuries. The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured. All five occupants involved were restrained and wearing seat belts.
If you were a witness to this incident, or have any information regarding this collision, please contact Trooper Karen Garretson of the Nevada Highway Patrol Multi-Disciplinary Investigation and Reconstruction Team (M.I.R.T.) at 775-687-9618 or kgarretson@dps.state.nv.us Case #170600227.
