Photo taken by: Jake Aman
Update at 9:15 a.m.: There are new details on the update below that we reported on Friday regarding a vehicle that got stuck in flood waters from the recent storms. The sedan was found unoccupied and abandoned with water halfway up its doors when discovered by officers on a one-lane bridge near Sims Road in the Chinese Camp area of Tuolumne County. As reported below, the CHP updated that they still do not know the owner of the vehicle, except that it is from the Sacramento area. They also noted that the vehicle was mysteriously moved by someone once the high waters receded and parked on the side of the roadway. That is where it remained until late Friday afternoon. After reading this article, a Chinese Camp resident emailed the picture in the image box that shows the car being towed from the scene after 4:30 p.m. yesterday. It is unclear at this time as to who had the vehicle towed and where it was taken.
Original post-February 9 at noon: Tuolumne County, CA – The CHP updates what happened to a sedan that got stuck on Red Hills Road in the Chinese Camp area during the recent stormy weather.
Clarke Broadcasting asked Sonora Unit CHP spokesperson Officer Steve Machado for an update. He revealed that the white car with flood waters halfway up its doors, as seen in the image box photo, is out of Sacramento, but its owner is still unknown as the license plates have been removed.
The car got stuck on a one-way bridge, between Sims Road and Highway 49, blocking and shutting down that section of roadway, as reported here, Machado added that due to the water, it was unsafe to tow it at the time, and the vehicle remained where it got stuck.
The vehicle was determined to be unoccupied and has yet to be claimed. Mysteriously, after the road reopened, Machado shared, “An unknown person moved it to the side of the road, where it remains parked now.”
The CHP is still trying to find the owner, and anyone with information on the vehicle should contact the CHP at 209-984-3944.
This post was last modified on 02/11/2023 9:18 am
Written by Tracey Petersen.
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