News From Around The County
DOUGLAS CITY — CHP this morning is investigating the cause of a major injury traffic collision between at least two vehicles that happened on SR-299W near Lewiston Rd., between Douglas City and Lewiston. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Wanted felon arrested after 130 mph Redding pursuit travels into Tehama County Anderson PD snatches up man who snatched purse from woman, 74 […]
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FOUR CORNERS — A driver escaped serious injury after plowing into a tree in the Four Corners area of State Routes 89 and 299, about four miles west of Burney. The solo-vehicle, minor-injury accident happened after the SUV reportedly suffered a mechanical malfunction, early Friday evening, Nov. 9. LEADING THE BURNEY AND INTERMOUNTAIN AREA HEADLINES: Officials searching for driver after […]
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REDDING — Afternoon commuters and other motorists heading out of Redding on Highway 299E earlier today found their trips shortly delayed after a motorcyclist tangled with a sedan at the Churn Creek Rd. off ramp. The crash caused eastbound 299 traffic to quickly back up, as motorists preparing to exit at Churn Creek found themselves stuck in a long line […]
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One person sustained minor injuries this morning after a pickup truck pulled out onto Highway 299E and was struck broadside by a vehicle that had been traveling along the rural, two-lane highway. The accident happened just east of mile marker 21.00, between the unincorporated communities of Beiber and Juniper Junction, in Lassen County. The crash was just one of three […]
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UPDATE: Oct. 26, 3 a.m. FALL RIVER MILLS — Officials have identified a woman who died after she was ejected from an SUV that overturned during a solo-vehicle crash on Hwy 299E, west of Pit No. 1 Powerhouse Road in Fall River Mills. The victim was identified as 20-year-old, Erica Adrienne Tooley, of Wenatchee, Washington. According to a coroner’s release, […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Oct. 22, 2:45 p.m. See original story below. MONTGOMERY CREEK — CHP updated at 2:42 p.m. that a vehicle that overturned on westbound SR-299E near Moose Camp Rd. was off the roadway and not blocking any lanes of traffic. Despite the overturned vehicle being off the rural, two-lane mountain highway, area residents and commuters were reporting brief delays […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 11, 11:20 p.m., With road closure update. HILLCREST — CHP is at the scene of a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision on SR-299 between the cities of Redding and Burney. The minor-injury accident has been reported between the Hillcrest Rest Area and Woodhill Dr., according to a CHP incident log. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Already arrested 25 times […]
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BELLA VISTA — Officials are at the scene of a rear-end collision between a tractor-trailer big-rig and sedan that happened earlier this evening on SR-299 near Dry Creek Rd. in Bella Vista. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Officials investigating after woman’s body found in Yreka Shasta County’s Most Wanted Criminals & Arrests – Updated Weekly UPDATE: Local man killed in McArthur […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m., With additional details and GoFundMe link Original story: Local man ID’d after motorcycle smashes into McArthur utility pole MCARTHUR — A local man riding an off-road motorcycle died Monday evening, Sept. 24, when he failed to negotiate a curve on SR-299 and his motorcycle smashed into a utility pole just west of McArthur […]
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JOHNSON PARK — CHP and other emergency personnel have just arrived at the scene of a two-vehicle, non-injury accident between a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer semi-truck pulling a load of hay, a CHP incident log has indicated. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: City of Shasta Lake probation compliance check nets 5 Suspect unknown after bodies of two transients found at […]
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