UPDATE: Highway 50 Reopened after Carnival Truck Fire
According to the California Highway Patrol, a big rig carrying carnival rides caught fire sometime after 2 p.m. on Tuesday about 25 miles east of Placerville.
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According to the California Highway Patrol, a big rig carrying carnival rides caught fire sometime after 2 p.m. on Tuesday about 25 miles east of Placerville.
This season's fourth snow survey is scheduled for today. The Department of Water Resources conducts its manual survey off Highway 50 near Echo Summit later this morning.
Eastbound Highway 50 near Watt Avenue is now clear after a pickup truck collided with a Caltrans vehicle and overturned Monday afternoon, officials say.
A man and woman are behind bars Friday after leading deputies on a chase on Highways 99 and 50 in a stolen vehicle.
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A big rig with a 48-foot trailer carrying scrap metal overturned as the driver attempted to get onto Highway 50 on Tuesday afternoon.
A big rig driver has died after suffering from some sort of medical condition while driving along Highway 50 in West Sacramento overnight.
Three people have died in a crash with a wrong-way driver on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova overnight.
No snow means no money for businesses along Highway 50.
Metro and Folsom City fire fighters rescued a woman after a collision with a large deer sent her vehicle careening off Highway 50 and 40 feet down an embankment this morning near Folsom.
Traffic is back to normal on Highway 50 through the Sierra after a fatal accident involving a logging truck Monday morning killed one person.
A suspect was injured overnight after falling out the back window of a Foslom police car.
Just as the pioneers did, dozens of people participating in a wagon train re-enactment over the Sierra have run into some trouble on the trail.
A CHP officer is in the hospital after he was hit while trying to catch a dog that was dodging in and out of traffic on Highway 50 Sunday night.
A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital Monday afternoon after slamming into the back of a Sacramento County Sheriff's vehicle, authorities said.
Motorists will have an easier trek over the Sierra now that Highway 50 has reopened to traffic several days ahead of schedule.
State transportation crews may reopen a highway in the mountains leading to South Lake Tahoe early even though a snowstorm this week temporarily suspended repair work on the scenic stretch of Highway 50.
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Getting to South Lake Tahoe will get a little tougher beginning tomorrow May 11 when Caltrans shuts down Highway 50 at Echo Summit for two weeks.
Sensors have been placed along local roads to monitor potential mudslides.
Getting to South Lake Tahoe will get a little tougher for two weeks this spring when Caltrans shuts down Highway 50 at Echo Summit for two weeks.
A tow truck driver was killed and two others injured when a big rig crashed Monday evening on the side of westbound Highway 50.
fatal crash on westbound Highway 50 caused a massive backup before noon on Wednesday, according to CHP.
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The collision happened in the area of 12th and C streets.
While the infant was being taken to an area hospital, officials said the child's pulse returned and they began breathing on their own.