Investigators are still trying to figure out what happened in a fatal accident near Camptonville. Around one o’clock Saturday morning, a vehicle driving westbound on Marysville Road near Old Toll Road struck a pedestrian who was lying down in the roadway. Highway Patrol Officer Greg Tassone says the driver didn’t see the man, but an oncoming vehicle tried to warn him…
The driver and pedestrian were both Tahoe National Forest firefighters. The pedestrian has been identified as 32 year-old Michael Kelly the Second of Camptonville, who served as a smoke jumper. At first, the driver thought he had hit an animal, and called 9-1-1 to report it. Tassone says they are still investigating what Kelly was doing in the road…
The driver was 26 year-old Andrew Gruenberg of San Diego. Tassone says there’s no evidence that it was a prank gone wrong, but alcohol was involved. No arrests have been made yet, pending toxicology results and further investigation.
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