Amador
County saw its fair share of big rig problems yesterday. Around 9:30 am this double
hauler moved too close to the edge of Climax Rd approaching Highway 88 and its rear trailer, literally,
fell off of the roadway. Yesterday afternoon a hay hauler also lost its
rear trailer causing about a 35 minute closure of one lane of Hwy 88. The mess
was cleaned up and the truck, with an expired registration out of Nevada, was
impounded. A drama of another sort also played itself out on Hwy 88 yesterday
when law enforcement received calls about a vehicle passing in an unsafe manner
near Cook’s Station, with the driver flashing a badge and a gun at other
drivers.
The vehicle was westbound on Hwy 88 and the
initial report came in around 2:52 pm and by 3:37 pm a unit from the California
Highway patrol had found the vehicle, and as the Amador County Sheriff’s
Department responded to the scene, the Highway Patrol Officer conducted a
felony traffic stop, holding the subject at gunpoint. Apparently the 81 year
old man was enroute to the Valley for a medical emergency and possibly did
possess a concealed weapons permit. An investigation is pending.
