Groveland, CA…CHP and the Tuolumne County Coroner’s office are working a sad incident this morning where a vehicle has gone over the side of Hwy 120 in the New Priest Grade section. The vehicle was about 400ft down an embankment with the victim still in the vehicle. From all of us at ThePineTree.net out thoughts and prayers are with the victims family and friends and also to those working the collision.

Incident: 00197 Type: Fatality Location: Sr120 / New Priest Grade Loc Desc: SR120 / NEW PRIEST GRADE Lat/Lon: 37.815589 -120.297849 Close
Detail Information
10:52 AM 15 [37] 61-S3 1039 TCSO, WILL ASK AND RECALL
10:51 AM 14 [36] 61-S3 CHECK WITH CORONER AND SEE IF THEY ARE OK WITH MOVING THE BODY TO THE HWY OR LEFT AT THE VEH
10:41 AM 13 [35] CAL FIRE HELICOPTER IS GOING TO CHECK WILL BE ABLE TO GET LOWER ANYWAY
10:41 AM 12 [34] 1039 61-S3 – COPIES
10:40 AM 11 [32] [Notification] [CHP]-CT ETA 15-20 MIN
10:38 AM 10 [30] 61-S3 ETA FOR CT RESPONSE
10:35 AM 9 [26] 61-004 HAVE CT PUT SOMETHING ON THE CMS AT SR49 REGARDING THE TC AND 1 WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL
10:30 AM 8 [22] CONTACT CT TO RESPOND FOR 1 WAY TRAFFIC CONTROL
10:28 AM 7 [19] FIRE REQ’ING BOTH SIDES OF THE GRADE SHUT DOWN
10:28 AM 6 [16] CAL FIRE 1/2 WAY DOWN THE GRADE OVER THE SIDE 400 FT DOWN, JWO FERNDALE
10:06 AM 5 [11] 61-4 WILL BE 97 AT LOG 168 TILL 1185 ARRIVES
10:06 AM 4 [9] 1039 FIRE
10:05 AM 3 [8] 1039 1141
10:05 AM 2 [3] VEH STILL OCCUPIED – POSS PIN INS
10:04 AM 1 [1] VEH OT’D OVER THE SIDE – VIS FROM THE RDWY
Unit Information
10:06 AM 9 Unit Assigned
10:06 AM 8 Unit Enroute
10:28 AM 7 Unit At Scene
10:16 AM 6 Unit Assigned
10:16 AM 5 Unit Enroute
10:30 AM 4 Unit At Scene
10:27 AM 3 Unit Assigned
10:27 AM 2 Unit Enroute
10:38 AM 1 Unit At Scene