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WINNEMUCCA, Nev. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Winnemucca man who apparently fell out of a moving car on a state highway.
The Nevada Highway Patrol identified the victim Friday as 33-year-old Michael Gardner.
The patrol says Gardner was a passenger in the front seat of a white Chevrolet Impala traveling south on State Route 294 when he apparently exited the vehicle and suffered injuries to his upper body when he hit the pavement 6 miles south of Winnemucca about 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
Investigators say the driver of the car, 31-year-old Kara Lynn Osborne of Winnemucca, returned to the scene where Gardner later was pronounced dead.
The patrol says a preliminary investigation suggests alcohol may have been a factor.
Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Zach Peterson at 775-623-6511.
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