Fatal quad accident on 89
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A man was found dead early Friday morning on SR-89 near his crashed quad.
On March 21, 2025, around 3:25 a.m. the South Lake Tahoe CHP office received a call of a crash and a body lying in a ditch.
The 911 call came in from a Caltrans employee who was on SR-89 doing checks for rock landslides. The Caltrans employee observed a beer can in the roadway and what he thought was a blood spot. The Caltrans employee turned around to check the area and observed a white male lying in a ditch.
While en route to the scene, CHP was advised the Alpine County Fire Dept. and Alpine County Sheriff were on the scene and pronounced the party deceased. They also advised a green Honda quad was over the embankment.
Once CHP was on the scene, they found physical evidence that supports the deceased was riding the quad southbound on SR-89 and made an unsafe turning movement. This caused the rider to be ejected from the quad and land on the roadway surface. The quad continued in a southwesterly direction over a dirt embankment and approximately 500 feet down a hill landing on the Carson Riverbank.
No helmet was located at the scene and physical evidence indicates no helmet was being worn at the time of the crash. There was no evidence the party was struck by another vehicle causing the crash or after the crash. There were no witnesses. Alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor in this crash.
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