manner on Hwy 88, leaving cars and trucks
scattered along both sides of the highway. The accident occurred at about 6:30 pm on Monday evening near
Sunnybrook on Hwy 88. Michael Storey, 45, of Ione, pulled into the lane of
oncoming traffic and struck
the side of a pickup driven by a 17-year old Ione boy, who was forced into
the embankment on his side of the highway. Storey then steered back into his lane, running into a
second car driven by a Stockton
man, who then ran off the road and down an embankment.Amador County Sheriff Sergeant Middleton flushed the hit
and run driver out of his hiding place about 25 minutes later. Five
people were injured in this accident -- four were taken to SutterAmador
Hospital by ambulance.
The truck driven by the young Ione driver, who lives less than a mile from
the scene, was severely
damaged but the young man escaped with only scratches to his hands and face.
According to the CHP, Storey was arrested for driving under the influence, and
hit and run, both resulting in bodily injury. A Bill Lavallie story Storey fled the
scene and hid in a cluster of bushes nearby.