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Accident Snarls Highway 49 South of Grass Valley

Traffic was snarled for a while on Highway 49 south of Grass Valley Friday afternoon, after a 2-vehicle collision. CHP Officer Mark Zelhart says 79-year-old Ann Conley of Lake of the Pines was driving in the intersection at La Barr Meadows Road…

click to listen to Officer Zelhart

The driver who rear-ended Conley was 37-year-old Leonard Sanchez of Penn Valley who, Zelhart says, may have been suffering from an unspecified health condition. He says Conley had very minor injuries but Sanchez had to be flown out…

click to listen to Officer Zelhart

Zelhart says both the northbound lanes were closed for a brief period of time, with traffic diverted onto La Barr Meadows Road. But the lanes were reopened in about 10 minutes.

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