Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:05
October 26th 2006 Accident Report
This week an accident occurred on Hwy. 49 near Martell Road and Jackson Gate Road. According to Officer Mike Lemaster’s report Theresa Bartlett, 50 of San Andreas and 35 year old Krista Carver of Ceres were both stopped at the intersection’s four way stop. Bartlett was west bound on Jackson Gate Road to south bound Hwy. 49. Carver was south bound on Hwy. 49 through intersection. Both Carver and Bartlett proceeded into the intersection simultaneously. The right front of Bartlett’s 2005 Ford Pickup impacted the left rear of Carver’s 2000 Chevy. According to LeMaster’s report the investigation is still ongoing. Later that night a more serious accident occurred on Ostrom Road just south of Shenandoah Road.
According to Officer Brandon Hallam 50 year old Alan Jerger of Fiddletown and his passenger William Silva, 48 and also of Fiddletown were traveling south bound on Ostrom Road while under the influence of alcohol and or drugs. Due to Jerger’s state of intoxication he failed to safely negotiate the winding roadway and ran his 1990 Isuzu Trooper off of the road and subsequently collided into an adjacent fence. Following the collision, Jerger was determined to be under the influence by on scene officers and arrested for driving while under the influence. According to Hallam’s report the passenger William Silva was determined to be extremely intoxicated and unable to care for himself and was also arrested for public intoxication.