RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) - The snow which fell in the Reno area earlier today near the approach of the morning commute created several calls for service for the NHP. The stretch of roadway with the most calls for service was on US 395 between the N. McCarran and Cold Springs interchanges.
Between 6:00 am and 9:00 am, this 10-mile stretch of highway generated 9 calls involving accidents and over a dozen spin-outs or slide-offs. 8 of the accidents were non-injury events with mostly single-vehicle collisions where motorists lost control of their vehicle and struck an adjacent guardrail or roadway barrier. One of the accidents involved included a three-vehicle collision on US 395 just after 6:00 am near the Panther Valley interchange.
Only one accident this morning had reported injuries and those were minor in nature when the vehicle in question, a silver SUV, rolled over and came to rest on its top near the south bound Red Rock interchange. The child riding in the vehicle was not transported, but he was treated at the scene.
Our agency is currently assisting the California Highway Patrol with traffic control duties due to an accident involving a commercial motor vehicle on US 395 north of the intersection of California 70, or the Halleluiah Junction, in Lassen County. Two NHP troopers are rerouting traffic onto westbound US 70 or allowing motorists to return southbound to wait out the road closure. No other details about this collision were available, but two heavy duty tow trucks from Cal-Nevada Towing in Reno were dispatched to the scene.
