Monday, 17 September 2007 23:46

CHP Reports Several Weekend Accidents

slide5The Amador Unit of the California Highway Patrol is reporting several collisions over the weekend. Saturday afternoon Officer Brian Hagemann responded to a solo vehicle collision on Jackson Valley Rd just south of Hwy 88. Officer Hagemann’s report states that 18 year old Destinee Wiggins of Valley Springs was northbound on Jackson Valley rd when she entered a sharp curve. She drove into the opposing lane and then overcorrected running off of the roadway, overturning and striking a fence. She was not injured in the collision.
Early Sunday morning Officer Craig Zaragoza was called to the scene of an abandoned car that had crashed on Stoney Creek Rd just east of the Pardee entrance. Officer Zaragoza identified the car as a 1988 Nissan and stated that the interior of the car “reeked” of alcohol. The investigation into this crash is ongoing. Officer Hagemann was once again called to a collision scene on Sunday when a 20 year old Yuba City man drifted off of the roadway and then overcorrected sending his 2007 Nissan off of the roadway and into an embankment. The driver, Meng Huor,was uninjured. Officer Mike LeMasters reports yet another single vehicle collision on Camanche Parkway north of Coal Mine Rd on Sunday. Officer LeMaster’s report states that 19 year old Michelle Rosas, of Ione, was driving a 2001 Toyota on Camanche Parkway when she realized she was going to fast for the roadwaty. She hit her brakes while in the cirve spinning off of the roadway, traveling down an embankment and through a fence. She was also uninjured.