Tuesday, 15 January 2008 09:56
Weekend Accidents on Hwy 88
A Minden
Nevada woman was seriously
injured Friday morning on Hwy 88 east of Plasse’s Resort. According to the California Highway
Patrol, the Minden
woman lost control of her Ford F-250 pick-up truck on the icy highway, slid
across both lanes and hit a tractor trailer truck head on. After impact
with the semi, the pick-up came to a stop blocking both lanes of the highway.
Another semi approached the accident, attempted to slow and began sliding on
the slick roadway. That driver was able to steer past the first semi but struck
the pick-up broadside. The Minden woman was
flown to Reno
with major injuries. The first semi driver suffered moderate injuries but
sought his own aid. The second semi driver was uninjured. On Sunday morning, a 22-year-old Linden man slid on an icy curve on Hwy 88
east of Peddler Hill and rolled his Chevy pick-up when it hit a snow bank.
He was taken to Sutter
Roseville Hospital
for injuries sustained in the accident. And on Sunday morning, an Oakland woman
was driving west on Hwy 88 near Foster Meadows when she reduced her speed so
she could turn off the road into the pull-out. A San Jose man, who CHP
say was driving too fast for the traffic conditions, rear-ended the Oakland woman. Neither
driver in that accident was injured.