Valley Springs, CA…A 54 year old Valley Springs woman had consumed some alcoholic beverages before she started driving eastbound on Hwy 26. She was approaching Hogan Dam Road at a high rate of speed, and as she came to a curve to her left, she continued straight and ran off the south side of the Hwy 26 and through a wire fence and into a grass field. She continued at a high rate of speed, fishtailing out of control. As she made a turn to the left and ran through the fence a second time. She then drove across Hwy 26 where she nearly ran head on into a vehicle traveling westbound before running off the north side of Hwy 26 into another grass field. She continued and made a turn to the right back towards the highway. Jones finally came to a stop when she got stuck in a dirt gutter just north of the roadway edge.

No one was injured in the collision. She was arrested for driving under the influence and faces criminal charges resulting from the incident.