LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A deadly crash involving a commercial truck and a car led to a backup on I-15 that lasted for hours on Thursday.
The southbound lanes, about 11 miles south of Mesquite, were closed. In an attempt to bypass the traffic, some drivers went off-road, resulting in more than a dozen vehicles reportedly becoming stuck.
SNORR, better known as the Southern Nevada off-road Recovery, received multiple calls regarding people in need of assistance.
“There was one lady that was stuck out there that had a one-year-old with her, that was out of water, that had been out of water for several hours,” said SNORR’s Anthony Duran Peterson, who was on the scene Thursday. “We made that a priority to make sure we got to her first because of the infant.”
Duran Peterson said he worked for approximately nine hours to help get stuck cars back onto the main road.
“People call in saying that they’re stuck. They’re very frantic,” explained SNORR president Jacob Schimdt, who was working dispatch Thursday. “I had one gentleman call in from Colorado to say his wife was stuck up there for more than six hours. He was very distraught and wanting us to do something.”
The SNORR team, based out of Las Vegas, is made up of approximately 20 volunteers. The non-profit organization has received more than 280 calls for cars stuck in need of help this year so far.
“You get off of the highway, it’s going to start to reroute you,” said Ryan Scarberry, SNORR’s Social Director. “A lot of people are just going to go ahead and follow Google, and as soon as they touch into dirt, that’s danger zone.”
He explained that even if frustrated with traffic, it’s best to stay in your lane and wait with patience. It will benefit you in the long run.
“When you start going off road, and things just don’t seem right to you- stop and turn around, and go back,” Peterson said.
SNORR provides help within a four-hour radius, and sometimes even crosses state lines into California, Arizona, and Utah.
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