Tuesday, 27 November 2007 08:59

CHP Busy with DUI Accidents Over the Holiday Weekend

California Highway Patrol officers were kept busy with DUI related accidents on local highways over the holiday weekend. On Thanksgiving Day, Jeremy Stahnke, 26, of Sun City, sustained major injuries when he allowed his vehicle to run over a steep embankment on Hwy 88 east of Tabeaud Rd. He was taken to Mercy San Juan Hospital for treatment of his injuries, and was arrested for DUI. Thomas Jauch , 49, of Ione was arrested for DUI on Sunday night when he drove his 2006 Nissan off the roadway at a high rate of speed, and into a barbed wire fence on Camanche Rd. Also on Sunday, Bryon Van Ness, 37, of Ione as pulling a trailer on Buena Vista Rd east of Stoney Creek at about 50 mph. According to the CHP report, Van Ness made an unsafe turning movement and lost control of his truck, running off the road and taking down about 60 feet of barbed wire fencing, and ultimately rolling the truck. Van Ness was not injured but he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.