{"id":191840,"date":"2025-05-27T11:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=191840"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:09:23","slug":"fatal-vehicle-crash-on-wards-ferry-rd-takes-life-of-coulterville-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=191840","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Vehicle crash on Wards Ferry Rd Takes Life of Coulterville Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonora, CA&#8230;On May 24, 2025, at approximately 8:30 PM, Boyd Fuller Palmer III, 40-years-old of Coulterville, CA, was driving a 1994 Ford Ranger, southbound on Wards Ferry Rd. south of Powell Ranch Rd in a closed section of roadway. For an unknown reason, Palmer failed to safely negotiate a curve in the roadway and allowed the Ford to travel off the west road edge. The Ford traveled down the steep mountainside, out of control and overturned multiple times, ejecting the driver from the vehicle. Both the vehicle and driver came to rest within a ravine several hundred feet below the roadway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chpson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37822\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chpson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chpson.jpg 200w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chpson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chpson-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 25, 2025, at approximately 6:40 PM, Sonora CHP Units were advised of a crash with a possible fatality. The crash wreckage was discovered by a passing boater in the remote Tuolumne River Canyon, below Wards Ferry Rd. Due to the remote location, time of day, and the extremely steep terrain of the crash site, the recovery and investigation resumed the following morning.<\/p>\n<p>On May 26, 2025, at approximately 7:00 AM, Sonora CHP Units and the Tuolumne County Sheriff\u2019s Office Search and Rescue team returned to scene and recovered the deceased party. This crash is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Following the recovery, the decedent\u2019s next of kin was notified. Drug and\/or alcohol use is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonora, CA&#8230;On May 24, 2025, at approximately 8:30 PM, Boyd Fuller Palmer III, 40-years-old of Coulterville, CA, was driving a 1994 Ford Ranger, southbound on Wards Ferry Rd. south of Powell Ranch Rd in a closed section of roadway. 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