RENO (AP) — A FedEx van floating in a western Nevada river has been removed nearly a day after the driver veered off the roadway and crashed into the water.
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports irrigation district crews used an excavator to pull the van from the West Walker River on Wednesday morning.
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Lyon County Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Lynch says the van went off a road south of Yerington on Tuesday afternoon, injuring the driver. The driver was taken to a hospital.
County roads supervisor Dustin Homan says the van still contained packages when it was pulled out.
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He says a FedEx security agent guarded the van until it was towed away.
Authorities have not said what caused the wreck.