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February 21, 2007
Bad Accident Causes Closure
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| ER Update Here. A serious traffic accident caused huge traffic problems downtown on Tuesday. The police stopped traffic from heading north on the Esplanade in front of Northern Star Mills and across from the Bidwell Mansion. In this photo the two vehicles that seem to be involved in the accident are shown. One appears to be a red motorcycle (in the intersection), and the other a garbage dumpster transport(on the left). The ladder truck was apparently being used to gather evidence by a motorcycle officer. While I haven't heard that the accident had fatalities, the length of the road closure (several hours) would indicate it resulted in at least serious injury. As the end of the workday approached traffic continued to get worse, and the Chico police failed to dispatch additional officers for traffic control purposes. This left most people in a position to navigate stop sign based intersections that were not designed for this level of traffic. I would really have to question the response of the Chico Police to this accident. It is clear that they made a decision to close the road to investigate the accident. They should have also placed officers at surrounding intersections to ensure safe traffic flow. |
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Posted by Lon at February 21, 2007 12:00 AM