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On Sept. 10 at around 6 p.m., a driver hit a bicyclist on Newtown Road and left him to die. I live nearby and I didn’t hear the ambulance sirens or the helicopter that night, but I heard about the accident when a neighbor called me at work. She had heard that the victim was [...]
A head-on collision on Pleasant Valley Road resulted in one driver being airlifted with severe injuries on July 6. Bonnie Chapman, 70, of Placerville, was traveling on Pleasant Valley east of Demyhig Lane around 3:50 p.m. when her 2002 Honda Civic crossed over into oncoming traffic in the westbound lane and collided with a 2000 [...]
The intersection where Deer Valley Road meets Green Valley Road has gained a dangerous reputation. Green Springs Ranch residents want El Dorado County officials to do something about it. Last week District 1 Supervisor John Knight and county Department of Transportation Deputy Director Matt Smeltzer began dialogue with concerned residents of the semi-rural development, a [...]
Democrat staff writer After leading officers on a chase from Placerville to south of Pleasant Valley Saturday night a Placerville man plummeted his vehicle over a steep canyon, landing near the river below. Leon Chrisman, 62, was in intensive care following the collision. He faces felony charges of DUI and evading police. ChrismanÕs tangle with [...]