4 hurt in head-on crash at Zephyr Cove

Emergency crews work an accident May 5 in Zephyr Cove. Photo/Susan Wood

Updated 10:38am:

A head-on collision injured four people early Monday morning near Zephyr Cove.

A Suburban struck a Ford Ranger. One person in the Ranger had to be extricated. Two people were flown to Carson-Tahoe Hospital and two were taken by ambulance to Barton Memorial Hospital. Another vehicle was also involved.

Names of the injured and their hometowns have not been released.

The accident occurred at 6:37am May 5.

The two westbound lanes of Highway 50 were blocked for more than an hour while crews attended to victims and cleaned up the mess near the Pine Cone Resort.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report