A lady sitting on a curb listening to the music from a Lake Tahoe parking zone live performance was hit by a pickup truck, the Douglas County sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The crash occurred round 9:45 p.m. Saturday on the part of Lake Parkway that runs behind the Exhausting Rock and Harvey’s resorts in Stateline, Nevada.
The lady and her husband have been sitting along with the street and listening to the efficiency by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on the Lake Tahoe Out of doors Enviornment, a short lived venue arrange within the parking space behind the casinos.
A Chevrolet Colorado pickup westbound on the parkway reportedly crossed into the eastbound lane after which onto the shoulder. It ran over the lady, then continued about 10 ft and struck a parked Toyota Camry, the sheriff’s report mentioned.
The truck ended up pinned in opposition to a tree and with a tire contained in the Camry’s passenger window. The automotive was unoccupied and was parked legally, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
A number of different individuals who had been listening to the live performance got here to the lady’s help till paramedics arrived. She was airlifted to a Reno hospital with accidents together with damaged bones.
The pickup’s driver, who was not injured, was arrested on the scene on suspicion of violations together with driving below the affect inflicting substantial bodily hurt and failing to have automobile insurance coverage.
A blood alcohol check on the jail discovered no alcohol in his system, however he reportedly mentioned he had taken prescribed drugs that affected his driving.
The motive force additionally mentioned he had fallen asleep on the wheel, having not slept for 2 days; he fell asleep whereas in custody within the patrol automotive, the report mentioned.
The sheriff’s workplace didn't give a metropolis of residence for the person however mentioned he had a warrant out of Rohnert Park for grand larceny.