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All things considered, the 2011 Fourth of July weekend was a relatively safe one for El Dorado County motorists. Placerville area California Highway Patrol officer Dan Stark said the three day span of Saturday through Monday yielded 13 crashes and no fatalities. “We managed to avoid the worst-case scenario,” he said. Stark said there were [...]
Georgetown resident Tracie Murchie, 39, was killed last week when the motorcycle her husband was driving collided with a pickup truck. Tracie and husband Steve, also 39, were riding a 2000 Kawasaki motorcycle westbound on Wentworth Springs Road, east of Hotchkiss Hill Road, on Tuesday when the bike’s driver lost control trying to avoid a [...]
GEORGETOWN — An El Dorado County man was killed late Friday night after losing control of his motorcycle in a solo vehicle accident. Scott David Harper, 48, of Georgetown, was riding a 2001 Harley-Davidson Sportster at approximately 10 p.m. Friday on Wentworth Springs Road, west of Fox Run Road, when he drove off of the [...]