RENO — One person was seriously injured Tuesday in a 17-vehicle pileup blamed by the Nevada Highway Patrol on excessive speed and icy conditions on southbound U.S. 395 in Reno's northern outskirts.
The highway's southbound lanes were closed several hours after the wreck in the Panther Valley area.
The damaged vehicles include a state trooper's vehicle struck by three other vehicles but the trooper was outside the vehicle and not injured, the Highway Patrol said.
One woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries, the Highway Patrol said.
Posted speed limits are for dry pavement conditions, said Trooper Hannah DeGoey, a Highway Patrol spokeswoman. "If there's inclement weather or slick road conditions, you absolutely need to slow down and give yourself plenty of following distance and time to react."
