FAIRFIELD — A commute-hour accident tied up traffic on eastbound Interstate 80 at the eastbound State Route 12 connector Tuesday afternoon. The noninjury accident involving four vehicles occurred shortly after 4:30 p.m. and blocked the on ramp for about 45 minutes, said Officer Peter Van Eckhardt of the California Highway Patrol. Prior to emergency officials [...]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — An out-of-control van careered across several lanes of traffic on a New York City highway Sunday, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, authorities said. Three of [...]
FAIRFIELD —A driver sustained major injuries after driving the car into the ditch early Sunday morning near Vanden and Cannon roads. Police received reports of a vehicle driving recklessly at 12:24 a.m. near the railroad tracks by Vanden Road. The driver, whose gender and ID are unknown, drove into a ditch by the tracks. The [...]
SUISUN CITY — A motorcyclist was declared dead Saturday at the scene of a fatal accident on Highway 12 east of Denverton Road. The motorcyclist, whose gender and name weren’t immediately released, crashed a Harley-Davidson motorcycle into a cement center divider along Highway 12 around 6:02 p.m. The driver ended up off the motorcycle, on [...]
FAIRFIELD — Turning in and out of roads linking ranch homes with rural Highway 12 in Jameson Canyon is difficult during rush hour, even with only two lanes of traffic. “We’re so used to it, we don’t go anywhere on the Friday night commute,” Spurs Trail resident Tammy Dostal said. Now construction is beginning on [...]
FAIRFIELD — As a police officer, James Knapp has witnessed deadly accidents on Highway 12. A fellow police officer was killed there in 2005. He has also knocked on doors to notify family members of deceased loved ones. He found himself on the other side Thursday, if only for pretend. Knapp’s son, Jimmy Knapp, was [...]
FAIRFIELD — Meridith McKown is among those looking forward to the day that narrow, two-lane Highway 12 in Jameson Canyon has four lanes for its 5.7-mile length. She’s commuting daily from the Rockville area to Napa and sometimes finds rush-hour traffic “ridiculously slow.” A major traffic accident can close the road completely, forcing drivers to [...]
FAIRFIELD — An accident blocked traffic in both direction early Saturday on Highway 12 just east of Red Top Road. The accident was reported at 12:12 a.m. and involved two vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol website. On person was injured. The Solano County Fire Department reported several minutes later that an air ambulance [...]
FAIRFIELD — An accident Wednesday morning on Highway 12 in Jameson Canyon led to one lane of traffic being blocked. An SUV and a Scion collided at about 8:40 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Chris Parker said. There were no serious injuries, only property damage, he said. He didn’t know details such as the cause of [...]
FAIRFIELD — Friday saw two rollovers and a major accident on Solano County freeways, one during the morning rush hour, another in the afternoon and a third in the evening. The first occurred when an alleged sleepy driver lost control of his two-axle flatbed truck and overturned into an embankment and landed on its roof [...]
FAIRFIELD — Traffic on eastbound Interstate 80 at Lagoon Valley Road was tied up for a little more than an hour early Wednesday as crews cleaned up a multiple-car accident that blocked three lanes, said Officer Kevin Bartlett of the California Highway Patrol. The accident, which involved two vehicles including a white pickup truck, occurred [...]
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