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03-11-2010 Traffic Fatality Near Coyote Springs
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Responders at the accident scene
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Traffic Fatality Near Coyote Springs
By Dave Maxwell
Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee reported a traffic fatality On U.S. Highway 93 involving an 18-wheeler truck and trailer and a 1993 Ford Bronco. The accident occurred early Sunday morning March 7 close to mile marker two, just across the County line near Coyote Springs.
Lee said the call came in at 5:12 am Sunday morning and the report involved a head-on collision between the vehicles and a resulting fire that destroyed both vehicles and took the life of the driver of the Bronco.
Lee said it appeared the northbound Bronco, registered out of Kuna, Idaho, drifted into the lane of the southbound semi-truck. The semi was hauling a load of apples from Washington State. The occupants of the truck, a man and woman, suffered only minor injuries. Lee said the driver tried to pull as far off the side of the road as possible but was still struck by the Bronco. The gas tanks of both vehicles ruptured and caught fire, which burned up both the truck and the Bronco. “There was nothing left of the tractor and nothing left of the Bronco,” Lee reported. He said the truck drivers were able to escape from the truck before flames reached them, but were unable to help the person in the Bronco. Names of the truck drivers were not given.
The Bronco was believed to have only one occupant. The remains were taken to the Clark County Coroners office for DNA testing to make positive identification. No name has been released by the Sheriff’s office at this time.
Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) shut down the road for a period of time, but it was later reopened for one-way traffic around the site in the northbound lane. Ewing Brothers Towing in Las Vegas was called in to take away the vehicles.
Along with NDOT, other agencies responding included Nevada Highway Patrol, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, Pahranagat Valley Volunteer Fire Department, Pahranagat Valley Volunteer EMS, four fire trucks and a response vehicle from Hiko. Lee said a special team of fatal accident investigators from NHP in Las Vegas were also at the scene.
Lee reported that during the middle of the traffic accident investigation, Flight For Life had to land in the area to pick up an unrelated medical emergency coming in from the Alamo Volunteer Ambulance.
“Everybody worked really well,” he said. “For such a bad deal, we had plenty of help.”
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