Motorist hurt after going over side of Kingsbury Grade
A motorist is recovering from injuries suffered after his vehicle rolled 100 feet down an embankment earlier this week.
The driver lost control of his vehicle around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Carson Valley side of Kingsbury Grade.
Rescuers from the East Fork Fire and Tahoe-Douglas fire districts responded to the wreck, located about a mile up from Foothill Road, that closed Kingsbury for three hours.
East Fork Battalion Chief Larry Goss said firefighters and Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies treated and extricated the man from a deep draw and up the steep hillside.
The driver was heading eastbound in a Toyota Camry on a curve when he over-corrected and slid broadside into the end of the guardrail.
The Camry overturned and rolled down the embankment, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
The man suffered a broken femur, collapsed lung and a spinal fracture. He was taken to Renown Regional Medical Center by Care Flight ambulance helicopter.
Kingsbury reopened shortly after midnight. The Nevada Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.
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