Kietzke & Vassar car crash

The Washoe County coroner has identified the driver killed in a car crash near Vassar Street and Kietzke Lane last week. 

The medical examiner says 80-year-old Edward Ammerman of Sparks died later at Renown Regional Medical Center. 

The coroner says his cause of death remains under investigation. 

ORIGINAL STORY:

A man is dead after a car crash near Vassar Street and Kietzke Lane early Wednesday morning. 

Reno Police say the crash happened just before 8:15 a.m. 

Police say the man was driving west when he crossed into the opposite lane and then went off the roadway onto a sidewalk through a lawn and then hit several cars at the car dealership.

Authorities say the unidentified driver was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died. 

The Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash. 

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