Update, 7:25 p.m.: A federal firefighter injured in a fire-truck crash that killed two other crew members on a remote highway in Nevada is expected to survive.
The Nevada Highway Patrol says tire failure may have caused the truck to crash Sunday while the three were returning to Winnemucca from a search for lightning-sparked wildfires near the Oregon line.
Trooper Jim Stewart says both victims were from Winnemucca. He identified them as Jacob Omalley, the 27-year-old driver, and Will Hawkins, a 22-year-old passenger.
Stewart said late Monday the other passenger, 23-year-old Zachery McElroy of Reno, was being treated at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno for non-life threatening injuries.
Stewart said the preliminary investigation indicates the truck overturned due to tire failure Sunday evening on State Route 140 near the junction with U.S. Highway 95.
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Update, 1:30 p.m.: The Nevada Highway Patrol says tire failure may have caused the crash that killed two federal firefighters and injured a third on a remote highway.
Trooper Jim Stewart says the three firefighters were the only ones in the vehicle when it crashed Sunday, near the junction of State Highway 140 and U.S. 95. They were returning from looking for lightning-sparked wildfires.
The driver was among the two deaths. The injured firefighter was flown by helicopter to a Reno hospital, where he's in stable condition.
Their names weren't immediately released.
Stewart says the Highway Patrol and local agencies planned Monday to escort the bodies of the two fallen firefighters on the 165-mile trip to Reno.
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Update, 12:10 p.m.: Officials say a crash that killed two federal firefighters and injured a third involved a firefighting truck that rolled over on a remote Nevada highway.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Stephen Clutter on Monday corrected the location of Sunday's crash to U.S. 95. He says the firefighters were returning from looking for lightning-sparked wildfires near a town on the Oregon state line.
Their names and other details of the crash weren't immediately released.
Clutter says the injured firefighter was in stable condition after being flown by helicopter to a Reno hospital.
BLM spokesman Rudy Evenson says an agency crash investigation team is on the way to the area.
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Original post: Authorities say a vehicle carrying federal firefighters returning from a patrol for lightning-sparked wildfires crashed, killing two of them and injuring another on a remote northern Nevada highway.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Stephen Clutter said Monday that the crash happened around 5 p.m. Sunday on State Route 140 near the Oregon state line while the three were headed back from duty.
Their names and other details of the crash weren't immediately made public.
Clutter says the injured firefighter was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Reno.
A BLM statement mourns the deaths and injury and says the agency's thoughts and prayers are with the firefighters' families.