A passing motorist uses an extinguisher to put out a vehicle fire from a collision on Highway 50 on Friday morning. Bob Buehler photo
Update: The Nevada Department of Transportation reports Highway 50 has reopened with no controls after an 11 a.m. collision near Cave Rock. A traffic camera is showing northbound traffic is moving normally. A passing motorist stopped to use a fire extinguisher to help put out a fire in one of the vehicles, while others helped direct traffic around the collision.
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No one took an ambulance ride as the result of a vehicle collision that briefly closed Highway 50 south of Lake Ridge around 11 a.m. Friday.
Tahoe-Douglas firefighters and medics responded to the collision in the northbound lanes of the highway.
One of the vehicles was smoking when firefighters arrived, and a trailer was on its side after a pickup was struck from the side.
The road was closed for about 20 minutes before authorities opened a lane going in both directions.
Motorists may experience some delays in that vicinity.
