A man suspected of driving drunk crashed into a tree in south Reno and later was found dead, police said.
Reno police, Reno Fire Department personnel and REMSA responded at about 7:19 p.m. Nov. 7 to a single-vehicle crash on Longley Lane at Houston Drive. Investigators determined a sedan left the road at a high rate of speed and hit a large tree.
Witnesses told police the male driver, the lone occupant, appeared to be intoxicated and ran from the scene on foot after the crash. Reno police officers conducted a lengthy search but were unable to locate him Saturday night…