A Mercy Air helicopter lifts off with two injured in a vehicle rollover on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Emergency and medical personnel work the scene of a vehicle rollover with injuries on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Emergency and medical personnel work the scene of a vehicle rollover with injuries on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Festivalgoers connected to the scene of a vehicle rollover are assisted by emergency and medical personnel workers on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Festivalgoers connected to the scene of a vehicle rollover are assisted by emergency and medical personnel workers on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Festivalgoers connected to the scene of a vehicle rollover take a walk to clear their heads as emergency and medical personnel continue their work on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Fire Chief Eric Holt as coordinator the Lincoln County Emergency Management team addresses the media daily from near Ticaboo, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Emergency and medical personnel block off the Extraterrestrial Highway/State Route 375 for a possible medical helicopter landing due to a vehicle rollover during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 in Rachel, Nevada. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
Emergency and medical personnel run code from the scene of a vehicle rollover with injuries on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A Mercy Air helicopter prepares to lift off with two injured in a vehicle rollover on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
A Mercy Air helicopter prepares to lift off with two injured in a vehicle rollover on the salt flats just north of Rachel, Nevada, during the Alienstock festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images
LINCOLN COUNTY — Two people were injured Saturday morning in a rollover crash in a dry lakebed in Rachel near the Alienstock festival Saturday morning.
A black Jeep carrying three occupants rolled over around 10 a.m. Saturday, injuring two, with one of the victims being airlifted to receive medical care, according to Eric Holt, Lincoln County emergency manager.
The 19-year-old female victim was airlifted to Dixie Regional Medical Center in Utah for an apparent head injury, after not being able to recall where she was or what day it was, according to Jason Strand, who was part of a group from Utah who attended Alienstock.
A 23-year-old male victim who suffered an apparent head injury was able to answer simple questions and was transported via ambulance to University Medical Center, he said.
The group, traveling in three vehicles, were about to head home when the vehicle involved in the crash overturned.
Strand was thankful that first responders were in the area due to Alienstock.
“The medical team and police have been amazing,” he said. “If this would’ve happened when the festival wasn’t going on, it would have been a disaster.”
