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UPDATE: The children have been located and are safe. The father has been detained after the truck was located in Sparks. The Amber Alert has been canceled, according to the Storey County Sheriff's Office.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called late Tuesday morning to a vehicle crash involving a semi truck in the area of Roop Street and Winnie Lane.

Carson City Fire Department responded early Wednesday evening to a reported gas leak at a South Carson Street grocery store. The gas smell was determined to be coming from a semi-truck that had blown a tire.

UPDATE 8:44PM: The semi truck involved in the crash Thursday night near the intersection of South Carson Street and Highway 50 at Spooner Junction is upright, ready for tow but lanes are still blocked. The Nevada Highway Patrol asks motorists for patience and to give crews room to work.

A 45-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday in the area of Paul Way for suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, a sheriff’s deputy said.

UPDATE 3:07PM: The Nevada Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help locating the red semi truck with a flatbed trailer that ran a red light and hit a Ford SUV, and then left the scene. Troopers responded to the hit-and-run crash on South Carson Street/US-395 at Old Clear Creek. Contact NHP at (775) 687-9600 if you have any information.
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Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and the Nevada Highway Patrol were called Tuesday afternoon to the area of South Carson Street and Old Clear Creek Road for a crash involving a large flatbed truck and an SUV, in which the truck did not stop after the accident.

UPDATE 7:59PM: I-580 northbound at the Galena Bridge has reopened, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Snow was still coming down at around 8 p.m. The Nevada Department of Transportation has plows and sand trucks in the area. NHP advises the roadway remains icy and snow-covered.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol responded to multiple crashes Thursday night, one that involved up to 35 vehicles and closed northbound I-580 near Galena Creek Bridge and the other crash on I-80 east of Fernley that closed westbound traffic.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called to a vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon involving a sedan and a semi truck.

The Nevada Highway Patrol has identified an Oregon man who died Sept. 14 in a motorcycle crash with a semi-truck on US 95 in Churchill County.

UPDATE 11:35AM: The semi-truck fire has been fully extinguished. Nevada Highway Patrol will be the investigating agency. No injuries were reported. Northbound I-580 at North Carson Street is now open.
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Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and Nevada Highway Patrol have responded Wednesday morning to a semi truck on fire in the northbound lane at I-580 near Lakeview Hill, according to dispatch.

A 53-year-old Minden man died Monday in a head on vehicle crash involving a semi truck on Highway 395 south of Gardnerville, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

UPDATE 11:20 a.m.- Westbound Highway 50 is back open after this morning's closure due to a semi truck being stuck at the bottom of Spooner Summit.

Currently there are no controls on the road except for chains or snow tires once at the intersection with SR28.

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Traffic is being diverted at the intersection of Highway 50 and U.S. 395 in Carson City due to a semi truck being stuck, as well as severe winter road conditions on Spooner Summit.

Kingsbury Grade is also closed indefinitely, due to needed repairs for a sinkhole that has developed in the roadway.

A crash Tuesday morning in the Stagecoach area near Silver Springs sent two to the hospital via CareFlight with non-life threatening injuries, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said.

Irish-American singer-songwriter Ryan Davidson appears at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall in Carson City this Saturday to open the 2016-2017 season of BAC’s popular Celtic Series.

With Epic Rides coming this week, traffic in the area will be increasing. Cyclists, pedestrians and motor vehicles will all contribute to congestion on the roadways. Add construction and road closures around the Epic Rides event and you can count on travel delays.

UPDATE 11:40AM: A semi truck overturned on the northbound ramp of the Carson City Freeway, I-580 at Highway 50, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The accident was reported to NHP at 8:27 a.m. and the driver of the truck wasn't hurt.

A preliminary investigation indicates a 2006 GMC vehicle hauler was hauling a 2003 Kaufa vehicle trailer with two vehicles on board, said NHP Trooper Barbara Stapleton.

This morning just after 9:30, a semi truck tipped over as it turned southbound onto South Carson Street from Fairview. The Nevada Highway Patrol reports that the southbound lanes of South Carson Street reopened at about 2:30 this afternoon.

The truck was loaded with 40,000 pounds of auto parts, and the load apparently shifted when making the turn. No one was injured.

A multiple-vehicle accident on Highway 395 and Jacks Valley Road on Monday afternoon was caused when an 18-wheeler failed to stop in time to keep from hitting six other vehicles stopped at the s...