News From Around The County
BURNEY — Authorities are searching for a driver who may have left the scene of a vehicle accident that sparked a car fire earlier this evening, Friday, Sept. 7. The vehicle blaze quickly spread to nearby vegetation, according to a CHP incident log. The single vehicle accident happened in the area of Jack Rabbit Flat and SR-299. The highway, normally […]
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BIG VALLEY SUMMIT — Emergency personnel are at the scene of a fiery, single-vehicle accident involving a pickup truck that overturned between McArthur and Nubieber earlier this evening. The crash happened on SR-299, near Big Valley Summit, according to a CHP incident log. CHP and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene at 7:14 p.m., after receiving reports of an […]
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MCARTHUR — California Highway Patrol is investigating a reported crash involving a Range Rover pulling a 24′ trailer that ended up in a ravine. The accident happened on Old Highway Rd., just south of Highway 299, about eight miles northeast of McArthur. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Transients arrested after man’s body found under Redding bridge UPDATED: Excessive speed, intoxication, suspected […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 1, 3:30 p.m. See original story below. MONTGOMERY CREEK — Family members and friends of a Redding man who died in a head-on collision on Highway 299, Thursday morning, Aug. 30, have identified the victim killed in the wreck as Chris Liso. Liso was president of Liso Pest Control and he was driving one of his company’s […]
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UPDATED: Aug. 10, 9 a.m. See originals story, updates, photos, and videos below. FALL RIVER MILLS — Cal Fire officials updated this morning that the Hat Fire burning in Fall River Mills had more than tripled in size overnight, growing from 800 acres shortly before 10 p.m., the 2,500 acres at 7:30 a.m. Firefighter’s efforts had managed to achieve 15% […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, July 8, 6 p.m. With details regarding road closure UPDATED: Sunday, July 8, 5:30 p.m. With additional details from CHP UPDATED: Sunday, July 8, 4:40 p.m. With additional details from Cal Fire See original story below. Firefighters battling a blaze that began after a vehicle crashed while traveling on Highway 299 near Woodman Ln., have reportedly gotten the […]
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Bill Correll photo FALL RIVER MILLS — A motorist was seriously injured and life-flighted this morning after smashing into a parked trailer in front of the Shell gas station at 43202 Highway 299 E., in Fall River Mills. According to a CHP incident log, the victim suffered major injuries and was believed to have possibly experienced a medical emergency just […]
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One person was airlifted with serious injuries after a head-on collision involving a semi-truck and small car earlier this afternoon. The crash happened on Highway 299 a few miles east of Moosecamp and about a half-mile west of Hatchet, according to witnesses. According to a CalTrans worker who stopped at the scene immediately after the wreck, the driver of the […]
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WHISKEYTOWN — A man died and three teens were injured when a vehicle overturned and plummeted down a steep embankment. The deadly accident happened on Highway 299 near Whiskeytown Lake, last Tuesday night. All four victims were from the Anderson area and alcohol and excessive speed are believed to be contributing factors in the fatal wreck, according to California Highway […]
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BURNEY — Officials are investigating after a home was consumed by fire earlier this evening. There have not been any reported injuries related to the blaze, which destroyed the home, leaving it uninhabitable. The destructive fire happened less than half mile from Burney’s Fire Station 17. Burney Fire Protection District firefighters were dispatched to the home around 7 p.m., after […]
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