Truck fire threatens house

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Firefighters from Golden Valley quickly extinguish truck fire next to home on Aztec Road

Golden Valley Firefighters quickly extinguished a pickup truck fire that was next to a home in the 700 block of South Aztec Road. The fire started in a 1983 Ford pickup truck when the owner was working on the truck and it backfired, starting the fire on the carburetor and spreading to the engine compartment.  Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire before it reached the house and there were no injuries.  The truck is considered a total loss according to Battalion Chief David Martin who responded to the scene. 

One dead in Dune Buggy rollover

Friday October 19^th at approximately 6:15 PM, MCSO Deputies and Golden Valley Firefighters responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on Centennial Road near Geronimo Road where a sandrail type vehicle appeared to have hit a deep wash in the roadway, possibly created from recent rains, and flipped.  According to Battalion Chief David Martin, there were two occupants in the vehicle when it rolled, ejecting and pinning one man under the vehicle. The approximately 53 year old man pinned under the vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene by Golden Valley Paramedics. The other occupant, a male about 56 years of age, was transported to KRMC for non life-threatening injuries sustained in the accident.  MSCO Deputies remained on scene for over an hour while the investigation was completed, blocking the roadway for the entire time.  The names of the occupants have not been released as of this press release. 

Tour bus crash on Highway 93

A tour bus carrying Australian tourists crashed Friday night on Highway 93 approximately twenty miles south of the Nevada border. Golden Valley Fire responded one Attack Unit, and two Chief Officers under the current County-Wide Mutual-Aid Agreement to assist the Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District. The bus carried 48 passengers and required seven helicopters and ten ambulances to transport patients, six of whom were flown to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada for more serious injuries. The driver of the tour bus is believed to have suffered a heart attack, resulting in the bus hitting a ravine, lurching up a small hill and continuing another 700 feet or so over rough terrain before coming to a stop.

While firefighters and paramedics were treating patients on scene, a moving truck passing through the scene struck the Tri-State CareFlight helicopter rotors just as the pilot was preparing to lift off. The damage to the truck was minor in comparison to the estimated $400,000 in damages sustained by the helicopter. The driver of the tour bus was pronounced dead on the scene from an apparent medical issue which precipitated the accident.

3-Car accident caused by a cow on Highway 68

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An approximately 600-pound cow lies dead in the middle of Hwy-68 after being struck by a vehicle where it caused a 3-car accident. 

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Wednesday October 17^th at about 10:00 PM, Golden Valley Fire was dispatched to the intersection of Hwy-68 and Estrella Road for a 3-vehicle accident involving an approximately 600-pound steer. The animal was in the right-of-way in the eastbound lanes of Hwy-68. The cluster of three vehicles could not avoid the animal and was struck by the first vehicle.  A total of four individuals were injured in the accident, however all patients refused medical transport to the hospital. The steer, which caused extensive damage to the vehicles died at the scene. Golden Valley Fire and DPS officers slowed traffic for over an hour while waiting for the animal to be moved off the highway.

Fatality Motorcycle accident

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Golden Valley Fire District Battalion Chief Dave Martin (right) and another paramedic look over the scene after treating the downed motorcycle riders.

Details of how an accident occurred that took the life a female motorcycle rider are still coming in to DPS after Golden Valley Firefighter-Paramedics responded to a motorcycle accident on Highway-68 at Brice Road on Friday evening at 9:24 PM.  The late model Ultra Classic Harley Davidson motorcycle occupied by two riders, one male and one female was traveling westbound on Hwy-68.  Early reports indicated there may have been another vehicle involved, although there was none on-scene.  Golden Valley Firefighters arrived in approximately 2-minutes of dispatch and determined the female rider was dead at the scene and the male patient was in critical condition.  KRMC was notified of the incoming critical patient and was prepared with a trauma-team upon the arrival of the ambulance.  DPS and ADOT crews controlled traffic for over an hour while they investigated the accident scene.  Names and ages of the motorcycle riders have been withheld as of the time of this press release.