A suspected
drunk driver struck a motorcycle and then crashed a short distance after leaving the scene of the
first accident Wednesday evening in Plymouth. The
hit-and-run driver then fled into the hills and evaded police and a canine
search dog. TSPN Contributor Bill Lavallie sent us these dynamic photos of the
accident. Several units from the Amador Sheriff’s office and CHP were involved in the search, along
with Fire and Ambulance crews. One CHP officer on the scene recapped the evening’s
events for TSPN. According to witnesses, a couple dining at a local
restaurant got into a verbal argument and were confrontational enough that they
were asked to leave. They left the restaurant, and the male, after
starting the car, returned to the restaurant to retrieve something he had
forgotten. While he was in the restaurant, the female speeds off in the car, and then
collides with a motorcycle. She then left the scene and crashed a short
distance from the original collision. The motorcycle rider was
taken by ambulance to Sutter Amador hospital. The couple are under investigation.