Oversized trucks taking out traffic lights

Share this: Email | Facebook | X

Sheriff's deputies and Nevada Highway Patrol troopers stopped two oversized trucks that were striking traffic lights as they travelled down Highway 395.

Firefighters reported the trucks hit the traffic light at Mica Drive and Highway 395.

The trucks were pulled over south of Airport Road by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office at about 10:45 a.m.

Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Magruder said lights at Mica Drive and Highway 50 were confirmed damaged by the truck.

"The real danger is that they're all interconnected," he said.

Nevada Highway Patrol and the transportation department are working together to find out if the trucks had an oversized permit and how tall they are.