Nevada State Police have identified Joshua Fitzgerald, a 31-year-old man from Mount Shasta, Cal., as the victim of a crash on Interstate 80 in Fernley on Tuesday, April 16. According to Nevada State Police, Fitzgerald succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash on Wednesday, April 24.
The crash, near mile marker 53 on eastbound I-80, involved Fitzgerald’s gray 2013 Dodge Ram. Preliminary investigations revealed that Fitzgerald lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn multiple times before resting on its roof between two travel lanes.
A 2024 Freightliner towing an enclosed trailer, traveling in the adjacent travel lane, was also involved in the incident. In an attempt to avoid the overturned Dodge, the Freightliner driver braked and steered left, but the front right of the Freightliner struck the side of Fitzgerald’s vehicle, causing the Dodge to rotate clockwise and come to rest on its roof facing southbound in the right shoulder dirt area.
The Nevada Highway Patrol Northern Command West has investigated eight fatal crashes resulting in ten fatalities in 2024.
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