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Fatal Crash Snarls Hwy 49 Commute

Posted: Mar. 20, 2018 1:15 PM PDT

A man from Auburn has been killed, after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 49 in Placer County early Tuesday morning. CHP Officer Robert Luthy says it happened at Joeger Road, where 55-year-old Arthur Blankenship was approaching the stop sign to turn left onto the highway, at around 5:40am…

click to listen to Officer Luthy

Luthy says Blankenship’s car was broadsided by the driver of a pickup, and the pickup was rear-ended by the driver of an SUV…

click to listen to Officer Luthy

The driver of the pickup is a 43-year-old man from Grass Valley, the driver of the SUV is a 16-year-old girl, who is also from Grass Valley. The accident caused major slowdowns and backups for commute traffic, with all four lanes not reopening until around 7:40am.

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