Dune buggy driver killed in crash with truck near Minden
The driver of a dune buggy was killed in a head-on collision with a pickup truck Thursday on a backcountry road in Douglas County.
Sheriff’s Sgt. Pat Brooks said the dune buggy driver was riding on Sunrise Pass Road in the Pinenut Mountains around 9:30 a.m. when his vehicle slid out of control on the dirt road and drifted into the path of the oncoming truck.
He said the dune buggy driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred near Juniper Valley Road outside of Minden.
The driver, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the dune buggy was taken to a Reno hospital with serious injuries.
The driver and a passenger in the truck escaped unharmed.