Wednesday, 21 February 2007 00:29

Two Accidents Monday Keep CHP Busy

slide21The Amador Unit of the CHP had a busy afternoon Monday when two accidents occurred within minutes of each other. The first accident happened at the intersection of Hwy 88 and Lower Ridge Road at approximately 12:25 pm. Samuel Santos of Sutter Creek was traveling west on Hwy 88 and failed to see the red light at Hwy 104, Lower Ridge Rd. Carl Guelzow, of Elk Grove was east bound on Hwy 88 making a left hand turn onto Ridge Rd on a green arrow when he was hit head on by Santos. Santos and his passenger, Florence Coats, also of Sutter Creek were both injured. Coats was transported to UC Davis Med Center with moderate injures. Santos was transported to Sutter Amador Hospital as was Carl Guelzow and his passenger Edith Guelzow.

slide23 The second accident occurred on Hwy 124 just north of brickyard Rd in Ione when a 17 year old Ione girl was driving a 1984 Chevrolet S-10 southbound on 124 at approximately 45 miles per hour. Her attention was diverted from the roadway as she reached for something in vehicle. She allowed the Chevy to drift partially off the roadway onto the shoulder. As she corrected back onto the roadway she subsequently overcorrected heading into oncoming traffic. The young driver then once again corrected loosing control of her vehicle overturning a full revolution. She was transported to Sutter Amador Hospital with a complaint of pain to her head. Both accidents are under investigation by the CHP. --The CHP also reports that on Saturday they issued about 100 tickets in just a matter of 6 hours. The CHP conducted another special enforcement on Hurricane Hill on Hwy. 88. Specially trained officers used Lidar, a new laser technology that is both more accurate and precise in pin pointing a vehicles speed. This is the 4th time that the CHP has conducted special enforcement using the Lidar on Hurricane Hill.