The Nye County Sheriff’s office,in the State of Nevada, is investigating what is believed to be the first fatality from the Ridgecrest earthquake after a man was found pinned beneath a vehicle he was working on approximately 100 miles away from the epicenter of the quake. On July 9th at about 1:00 pm Nye County deputies were dispatched to the area of Becky Lane and East Forth Church Hill Road in Pahrump Nevada, for a report of a man, pinned beneath a vehicle. Upon arriving deputies located a 56-year-old deceased male pinned under that vehicle. The vehicle that the male was pinned under had been jacked up safely and based on the positioning of the body and the tools found at the scene, the male appeared to be working on the vehicle at the time of his death.“Based on preliminary timing and circumstances at the scene, the Nye County Sheriff’s investigation reveals that this death may be the result of the vehicle falling off the jacks on July Fourth during the earthquake,” stated Nye County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Tippetts.
