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.
Monday, 02 June 2008 02:04