Two killed, four injured in separate Nevada traffic fatals

Friday, March 26, 1999 | 4:09 a.m.

Juan Acevedo, 22, Winnemucca, Nev., was killed after he allowed his two-door Chevrolet to drift across the centerline on U.S. 95 into oncoming traffic about 11 miles north of Winnemucca, Trooper Rocky Gonzalez of the Nevada Highway Patrol said.

Acevedo collided head on with a four-door Pontiac driven by Juan Garcia, 28, Emmett, Idaho, at about 12:10 a.m. Friday.

Garcia and his wife, Juana Garcia, 28, a passenger, both were injured in the crash. They were being treated at Washoe Medical Center, where they were reported in serious condition.

A relative of Juan Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, 35, Emmett, Idaho, was driving behind Juan Garcia in a GMC van and collided with both vehicles after the initial impact.

Two passengers in the GMC, Jose Garcia, 16, and Mauricio Garcia, 21, both of Emmett, also were injured. They were transported to Humboldt General Hospital, where they were treated and released on Friday.

Juana Garcia, the most severely injured, was immediately transported to Washoe Medical Center, Gonzalez said.

Juan Garcia initially was taken to Humboldt General, but later transported to Washoe Medical in Reno, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Brandon W. Andreasen, 26, Garland, Utah, died in the semi-trailer crash about 6 a.m. Friday while headed eastbound on I-80 about 27 miles west of Elko.

"Due to driver inattention," he allowed his tractor trailer to drift off the road's edge, Gonzalez said.

The tractor trailer skidded downhill along a guardrail before it overturned, killing Andreasen and spreading bulk poultry food across the edge of the road.