truck that easy. apparently it did. >> it's december 2008, and truck driver dean hicks from grand rapids, michigan, enters the washoe valley with an empty truck. he's on his way to carson city to reload. >> i did not feel any wind at all. no wind that would scare me or give me any indication that there was danger there. >> hicks has never ridden in the washoe valley before, but police officer john jesse knows in these parts when the wind picks up, it can be a doozy. >> you can't go through the valley and you don't want go through washoe valley when the wind's that high. >> officer jesse sees hicks pass by and races to pull him over. there's an advisory that day prohibiting high-profile vehicles from being on the road, but hicks doesn't see it. he's approaching the windy valley and immediately feels wind between 60 and 80 miles an hour. he tries to slow his truck down,