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Nye County deputy unconscious after being hit by car

By / Las Vegas Review-Journal
May 22, 2018 - 3:17 am
 
Updated May 22, 2018 - 9:13 am
Nye County Sheriff's Sgt. Duane Downing, center at podium, takes part in a 2017 fallen officers ceremony in Pahrump. (Horace Langford Jr./Pahrump Valley Times)

A Nye County Sheriff deputy was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday night after being hit by a vehicle while responding to a car fire in downtown Tonopah.

The crash was reported by the Nye County Sheriff’s Office just before 9:55 p.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 95, where Sgt. Duane Downing was struck by the vehicle, rendering him unconscious, according to Lt. David Boruchowitz.

He was taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, where he remained in serious but stable condition as of early Tuesday, Boruchowitz said.

Downing also serves as the chairman of the Tonopah Town Board.

No other details were immediately available.

Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.

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