Update: What Happened To Flood-Stuck Vehicle In Chinese Camp?

Flooded auto still left on Purple Hills Highway getting towed

Update at 9:15 a.m.: There are new particulars on the update underneath that we noted on Friday about a car or truck that obtained stuck in flood waters from the current storms. The sedan was located unoccupied and abandoned with water halfway up its doors when learned by officers on a a single-lane bridge close to Sims Street in the Chinese Camp space of Tuolumne County. As documented down below, the CHP current that they continue to do not know the operator of the motor vehicle, besides that it is from the Sacramento area. They also mentioned that the vehicle was mysteriously moved by a person as soon as the substantial waters receded and parked on the side of the roadway. That is exactly where it remained right up until late Friday afternoon. Right after looking at this write-up, a Chinese Camp resident emailed the image in the image box that exhibits the motor vehicle remaining towed from the scene just after 4:30 p.m. yesterday. It is unclear at this time as to who experienced the vehicle towed and where by it was taken.

First post-February 9 at noon: Tuolumne County, CA – The CHP updates what occurred to a sedan that acquired caught on Purple Hills Street in the Chinese Camp place for the duration of the the latest stormy climate.

Clarke Broadcasting questioned Sonora Device CHP spokesperson Officer Steve Machado for an update. He uncovered that the white auto with flood waters halfway up its doors, as viewed in the impression box photo, is out of Sacramento, but its operator is nonetheless mysterious as the license plates have been removed.

The automobile got stuck on a just one-way bridge, among Sims Street and Highway 49, blocking and shutting down that part of roadway, as described listed here, Machado additional that owing to the h2o, it was unsafe to tow it at the time, and the automobile remained exactly where it obtained stuck.

The auto was decided to be unoccupied and has nonetheless to be claimed. Mysteriously, right after the street reopened, Machado shared, “An unknown particular person moved it to the facet of the road, exactly where it stays parked now.”

The CHP is continue to trying to discover the proprietor, and anyone with information on the vehicle ought to get hold of the CHP at 209-984-3944.