Monday Morning
Traffic
Accident Causes Road Closure
UPDATE: March 24, 2015
The
March 23rd traffic collision that occurred on SR-38 east of Jenks Lake Road,
involved only one vehicle. The 1996 Ford Taurus, gold in color was driven
by Walter Charles Goode, a resident of Hemet, California. Seventy-four year old
Goode was traveling eastbound on SR-38, when he lost control of the Taurus resulting
in a rollover.
Units responding to the accident were San Bernardino Forest
Service, San Bernardino County Fire and Big Bear Fire. The injured Taurus
driver was transported to Loma Linda University Medical
Center, where he was treated for an
arterial bleeding in his right leg.
California Highway Patrol Officer Alton Gunnoe is conducting a
full investigation of the accident.
Original Story
At
approximately 9:47 A.M. a traffic collision occurred that resulted in
authorities calling for a road closure at State Route 38, 9 miles east of
Angelus Oaks and East Jenks Road. Multiple injured occupants were air-lifted to
a local hospital. No more information is available at this time (11:20 A.M.)
More information may be released after the investigation has been completed.
There
will be 1-Way controlled traffic at various locations from 5 miles of the
Junction I-10 to 3 miles west of the Mill Creek Ranger Station, from 8:00 A.M.to
2:00 P.M. Monday March 23rd to March 26th.