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UPDATE: Carson City fire and rescue and Care Flight responded to a traffic accident with injuries this afternoon at the intersection of Highway 50 East and Airport Road.
The accident was a rear-end type collision involving a blue Toyota and a white truck. The accident was reported at 2:39 p.m. At least two people were injured, one being an adult male, 44.

UPDATE: The Nevada Highway Patrol says State Route 341, Geiger Grade, has been reopened.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol closed Geiger Grade State Route 341 near Virginia City on Saturday following a motorcycle crash that has left two people seriously injured. Care Flight has flown one person to the hospital and another was taken by ambulance, according to a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper.

Dispatch reports the two motorcycles collided. NHP says the road is closed at mile marker 71 on State Route 341 with the major accident investigative team responding to the scene.

WEDNESDAY 5:30PM: This story has been updated. Go here for the latest update, which includes the charges filed against suspect Jordan Webber in Tuesday's domestic battery at a Dori Way home.
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UPDATE 1:05PM: A 22-year-old Carson City man faces felony charges after he allegedly beat a pregnant woman with a rock, released a pit bull on responding officers and then stabbed himself in the neck. The victim in the battery was being treated for non life-threatening injuries, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

The suspect, Jordan Webber, was flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno. He was to appear in Carson City court today on domestic battery charges, said Furlong. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded Tuesday morning, 11:25 a.m. to a report of a violent domestic battery actively taking place at the 2300 block of Dori Way in northeast Carson City.

The hysterical reporting female informed dispatchers that a man was attacking a pregnant female with a knife. She believed the victim was being stabbed repeatedly and her throat had been “slit” in the back yard of the residence.

UPDATE: Traffic along westbound Highway 50 is now moving following an accident there earlier this morning with at least one injured. The accident happened shortly before 8:30 a.m.
One person was taken by ambulance to the Carson City Airport and flown via Care Flight to the trauma ward at Renown Medical Center in Reno.

UPDATE 1:32PM: From Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong: At 12:09 p.m., the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and Fire/Paramedics responded to the corner of Dori Way and Ester Circle to a reported juvenile pedestrian hit by a vehicle. Once on scene, officers determined that the juvenile was an 11-year-old Hispanic male and the driver of the vehicle, a Chevrolet Tahoe, had left the scene.

UPDATE: Fifth Street at the roundabout was opened at 3:11 p.m.
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UPDATE: Carson City fire and rescue canceled Care Flight and is taking the driver of the truck that flipped by ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno.
The driver apparently went through the Fifth Street travel lane at the roundabout, possibly going too fast, flipping the truck to its side and dumping a load of dirt, garbage and other debris along the roadway.

A 17-year-old Carson City teen suffered non-life threatening injuries and is recovering at Renown Medical Center in Reno following a pedestrian accident Saturday night at the intersection crosswalk of Highway 50 and Lompa Lane. The accident is under investigation and alcohol may be a factor, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper said Sunday.

This story has been updated as of Sunday, March 22. Go here to read the latest.
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UPDATE 11:30PM: A 17-year-old teenage male was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno late Saturday night after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection crosswalk of Lompa Lane and Highway 50, a Carson City Sheriff's Office sergeant said.
As of 11:30 p.m., one travel lane was open on Highway 50 for through-traffic as Nevada Highway Patrol troopers determine the cause of the accident, said Sgt. Scott McDaniel.

UPDATE: Carson City fire and rescue responded to a single vehicle traffic accident with injuries Monday night in the northbound lane of I-580 near the College Parkway ramp. Care Flight was also called.
The accident was reported to NHP at 8:14 p.m. The vehicle had airbag deployment. Traffic was re-directed around the accident scene.

Care Flight was called and Carson City fire and ambulance responded this morning to a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Fairview and Sweetwater.
The crash was reported at around 8:45 a.m. Initial reports are the motorcyclist had serious injuries, was conscious but with labored breathing and that he could not feel his legs.
The Carson City Sheriff's Office responded to redirect traffic around the accident and to investigate.

Two people were flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno following an accident tonight on Highway 50 near Second Avenue in Dayton, according to Nevada Highway Patrol dispatch.

The accident was reported at 5:34 p.m. The two flown by Care Flight have non-life threatening injuries, according to NHP dispatch.

Traffic delays were experienced around the accident scene. NHP and Lyon County re-directed traffic. Officers have cleared the scene as of 7:40 p.m., according to dispatch.

During summer of 2014, a gentleman was jogging on Windmill Road in Fish Springs when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest. The gentlemen, who had no previous history of heart problems, collapsed in view of a bicyclist. The bicyclist was a nurse and immediately went to the jogger and provided CPR while flagging down two passing gentlemen who called 9-1-1.

By the time 9-1-1 was called, the three bystanders were cycling through CPR to pump blood through the jogger’s body until additional help could arrive to try to restart the heart.

UPDATE: Care Flight was called this afternoon to respond to a patient involved in a two-vehicle crash that happened at the intersection of Airport Road and Sherman in Carson City reported to dispatch at 3:48 p.m.

Carson City fire and ambulance responded to the crash in which the vehicles, a Dodge truck and a Subaru, collided, with the truck hitting a fence/wall and the Subaru a tree, said Carson City Sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Gonzales. The Subaru ran a stop sign and the truck ran into the Subaru, said Gonzales.

One person was flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno.

UPDATE: Carson City emergency personnel on scene report the 14-year-old girl received minor abrasions to her elbows and will not require hospitalization. One vehicle was involved in the accident that happened in the crosswalk, according to Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Scott McDaniel. The driver was cited.
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On January 19, 2015 at approximately 4:15 pm, Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a motorcycle accident that occurred on State Route 341 (Geiger Grade) between mile posts two and three in Washoe County just south of Loftis Drive.

UPDATE: The juvenile driver of a vehicle that struck and injured a teenager on a bicycle going across William Street was cited for causing the accident, said Carson City Sheriff’s Sgt. Darrin Sloan.

The accident isn’t related to the traffic diversions coming off of Saliman onto William Street. The driver appeared to not be paying attention as the teen bicyclist was going across the street with a right-of-way and the teen motorist striking him when making a left hand turn at the flashing yellow arrow light, said Sloan. The bicyclist was struck in the No. 1 lane and there wasn’t a blind spot.

“It was driver inattention causing the accident,” he said.

The condition of the injured teen is unknown. He was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno with a laceration to the head. The collision caused the teen on the bicycle to go into the windshield of the vehicle, said Sloan.

One person is dead and another in serious condition after an accident involving two motorcycles on Geiger Grade, State Route 341, Monday evening.

Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched at 4:15 p.m. to a motorcycle accident that occurred on State Route Geiger Grade between mile posts two and three in Washoe County just south of Loftis Dr. The name of the deceased rider has not been released pending notification of family.

An 18-year-old Riverside, Illinois man, Yeats E. Brannik, died Saturday in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 80 in Lyon County two miles east of Fernley, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Three other occupants, all Illinois residents, including a 17-year-old female were injured in the rollover crash in which two were ejected.

According to Trooper Dave Gibson approximately 5:10 am, NHP officers were dispatched to a single vehicle rollover accident that occurred on Interstate 80 at mile post 50 in Lyon County approximately 2 miles east of Fernley.

UPDATE: The suspect in a stabbing early Friday has been identified as Maxwell Thomas Scott Simon, 32. He is being held on $30,000 bail on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The incident happened at the Whiskey Tavern in the 3400 block of Highway 50 East shortly after midnight.
The male victim was flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno where he was treated and released, a Carson City sheriff's detective said.
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UPDATE: A suspect in the early morning stabbing at a bar on Highway 50 East was taken into custody at 12:51 a.m. He was located at a Moundhouse brothel. As of 2 a.m. the victim, who was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno via Careflight, was said to have non-life threatening injuries, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Lt. Brian Humphrey.
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A man was stabbed early Friday morning at Whiskey Tavern in the 3400 block of Highway 50 East. The incident happened shortly after midnight and the suspect is at large, according to Carson City sheriff's deputies on scene.

UPDATE: Two people have been flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center after a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon. The westbound lane of Highway 50 has been reopened for thru-traffic. The eastbound lane, in which the accident occurred near the Pick-n-Pull, was being diverted around the accident scene.
The Nevada Highway Patrol is handling the accident investigation. The condition of those injured are unknown at this time.
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Two Care Flight air ambulance helicopters were ordered and Carson City fire and ambulance responded to an injury accident in the eastbound lane of Highway 50 east located just west of the entrance to Pick-n-Pull, an area where there have been several injury accidents in the past.

UPDATE 7:03PM: The female driver of a Pontiac Sunfire was flown by Care Flight tonight after an accident at Stewart and Adams streets. An adult female occupant was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Two small children inside the car were not injured, according to a Carson City sheriff's deputy.

Care Flight landed at the Carson City Senior Center. The accident was a t-bone collision where the driver of an older model red Mustang collided with the vehicle as it was pulling from the stop sign into the intersection, officers said.
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The 10th annual Holiday with a Hero was held Wednesday at Walmart in Carson City with 190 school children from kindergarten through fifth grade having a Christmas to call their own, thanks to the astounding response from Carson City donors and volunteers.

Nearly 300 volunteers were at the event to help the Carson City area school children shop at Walmart using gift cards paid for by donations from around the community. Each child was given a $100 gift card and paired with a "hero" to spend on clothing, shoes and a toy.

A woman was flown to Renown Medical Center Monday afternoon following an accident involving a landscaping vehicle and a pedestrian, a Lyon County sheriff’s sergeant said.

The vehicle was traveling westbound on Dayton Valley Road and apparently had a pipe that was hanging from the side, said Sgt. Dan Lynch. The female pedestrian was walking eastbound. The pipe struck the woman as it drove by, hitting her in the head. The landscaping vehicle didn't stop, said Lynch.

A Mill Valley, Calif., man was arrested at 3:03 a.m. Sunday at East Musser at Carson Street on suspicion of DUI, speeding and driving with a suspended or revoked license, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

The vehicle was stopped after being clocked going 50 mph in a 35 and 48 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to the arrest report. The driver was contacted where he identified himself with a California driver’s license that came back suspended.

Carson City fire and ambulance responded late Friday to an injury accident at Menlo and Green Court streets. A Care Flight air ambulance has been ordered. At least two vehicles are involved in the accident, called into dispatch at around 11:30 p.m.
Arriving Carson City deputies on scene report at least one woman in her 20s suffered a head injury.
Both vehicles had moderate damage, according to deputies.

UPDATE: Care Flight was ordered and Carson City fire and ambulance responded tonight to an accident involving a pedestrian in the 3800 block of Highway 50 East at Fairview and Gordon. The victim, an adult female pedestrian, was conscious and moving on the pavement when rescue crews found her but was suffering from back and neck injuries.

The call came into dispatch at 5:18 p.m. Carson City sheriff's deputies rerouted traffic around the accident scene.

Three juveniles, ages 17, 14 and 11 were injured in Wednesday's two-vehicle crash at Highway 50 East near the Lyon County line and Linehan Road, said Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Lopez.

UPDATE 6:20PM: Highway 50 is now clear and moving freely after a two-vehicle injury accident this afternoon sent at least three to the hospital. What we know is two Care Flight helicopters landed, according to NHP Trooper Dave Gibson. One person was taken by ground ambulance, according to Central Lyon County Fire District. Their conditions are not known at this time.
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UPDATE: Two people have been flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno with serious injuries, while a third person was taken by ground ambulance to the hospital, according to Central Lyon County Fire District officials. Their conditions are unknown at this time.

The success of the pilot program for fire cameras at Lake Tahoe has prompted the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Seismological Laboratory to pursue funding to build out its fire camera network that rings the majestic mile-high lake.

“We’ve seen the system avert potentially large fires this summer at Tahoe, even with its minimal presence,” Graham Kent, director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, said of the prototype system with its four cameras. “It makes sense to build this system out now to help protect the basin from devastating fires.”

A two-car crash Saturday on Highway 50 in Dayton sent one person to the hospital via Care Flight with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The late afternoon accident tied up traffic on the highway for more than an hour. It happened on Highway 50, east of mile marker 6 and involved two vehicles, a 2002 Saturn View and a 2012 Ford Focus, said NHP Trooper Tappan Cornmesser.