The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle crash that killed a 20-year-old Yerington woman early Saturday morning.
NHP troopers were called at around 4:30 a.m. to a serious injury crash on US-95 Alternate and Lyon County mile marker 26 involving a single vehicle.
Preliminary investigation shows that a gray 2005 Cadillac CTS sedan was traveling southbound on US-95 Alternate. For an unknown reason, the Cadillac left the roadway, struck a power pole, and overturned.
The driver, who wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, was ejected. The driver, Heather Pineda, 20, of Yerington, died from injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
