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Thursday, 12 July 2007 00:11
Defensible Space Contest Deadline Extended
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:06
Hit and Run Accident: Big Rig Driver Arrested By JPD
Monday
morning around 7am it was reported to the Jackson PD that a red big rig with
white trailers had clipped a telephone pole at the corner of Hwy. 49 and Hoffman Street. The
caller said the pole was damaged and leaning. Responding Jackson
Police Officer Mark Harmon immediately notified PG&E and then began
searching for the hit and run vehicle. Officer Harmon discovered the truck at Jackson Jr. High School,
as the truck was part of an asphalt project at the school. Harmon then contacted the
driver, identified as 55 year old Charles Wimer. Officer Harmon observed that
Wimer displayed the characteristics of being intoxicated and he administered a
field sobriety test. Wimer was subsequently arrested and booked into the
Amador County Jail on suspicion of drunk driving and hit and run.
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 23:35
Budget Agreement May Shift Youth Offenders To Local Level
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Monday, 25 June 2007 23:55
Friday Night Solo Vehicle Collision Splits Car In Half
Last
Friday an accident that looked nothing short of devastating was reported around
9:30 pm on Hwy 88 near the Pioneer Lodge. This car was split in half after the
driver lost control, skidded sideways into a large cedar tree, uprooted the tree and chopped the
bottom off. Then
the rear of the car skidded back onto the lane he was traveling in, west bound,
and the front of the car continued about 300 yards down the road in the east
bound lane, and wound
up in a field. According to the CHP the driver was arrested for suspicion of Driving Under the
Influence and released to medical personnel. He was airlifted to a Valley
Hospital.
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Sunday, 24 June 2007 23:54
Fire Burning Out of Control Near Tahoe: 165 Structures Destroyed As Of 10:30 PM Last Night
At
least 165 structures have been destroyed with more endangered and more than
1,000 residents were evacuated ahead of a massive wind-driven blaze raging in
the south Lake Tahoe area near Angora Lake Ridge,
between Meyers Lake
and Fallen leaf Lake. Linda Curran of the Camino
Interagency Dispatch
Center in California said the Angora Fire has
destroyed 165 homes or outbuildings. “I can confirm 50 structures have
been destoyed by fire, but I can’t tell you yet how many of them were homes and
how many were outbuildings,” Curran said.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 23:02
Avoiding A Skunk In The Road Leads To Solo Vehicle Collision
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 00:08
Fiddletown Couple Accused of Animal Abuse Appear In Court
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 01:01
Vehicle Accident Numbers Down Over Weekend
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Tuesday, 24 April 2007 01:03
Vehicle Accidents: Stories of Inattention, Intoxication, & Abandonment
A Pioneer man was injured on Saturday afternoon
when another vehicle crossed into his lane and hit his vehicle head on.
Thankfully the man observed the impending accident and reacted in such a way
that the accident wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Elizabeth Fry of Pine Grove was traveling east
bound on Hwy. 88 west of Rossbridge Rd at a stated speed of 45-50 mph. William
Hemenway, 69 and of Pioneer was traveling west bound on 88 at a stated speed of
50 mph. According to Officer Melissa Scobee’s report Fry took her eyes off the roadway for a moment
to remove her glasses and wipe her eyes. Her 2002 Toyota Sienna began to drift
into the opposing lane of traffic. Hemenway observed the Toyota drifting
across the roadway and into his lane, he immediately applied his brakes and
steered his 2005 Kia Sedona towards the north roadway edge in an effort to
avoid a collision. Subsequently, Fry was unaware that her vehicle had drifted
across the roadway and the left front of Fry’s Toyota struck the left front of
the Kia. Hemenway suffered a laceration to his left forearm and Fry was
uninjured in the accident.
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 23:47
Board of Supervisors Approve MOU ContinuingTradition of
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