Ledger-Dispatch

By Bethany A. Monk (bmonk@ledger-dispatch.com) =

The driver of a sports car that = overturned Monday=20 evening on Electra Road is still being sought.

Photo by: Bill=20 Lavallie
Law enforcement officials still = have no=20 news about the driver of a vehicle that was found Monday evening on a = river=20 embankment near Electra Road in Jackson.

At about 5 p.m. Monday, = a car=20 lost control on Electra Road and flipped over onto its roof. When = officers from=20 the California Highway Patrol Amador's County division and area = firefighters=20 arrived on the scene, the driver was not found. They searched the river = bank=20 area to see if the driver had been ejected from the vehicle, but did not = find=20 anyone. The car is currently at a tow company, and as of Thursday = morning, the=20 driver still has not been located, according to the CHP = office.

On=20 Wednesday morning, a car caught on fire in Ione on Martin Lane and = Highway 88=20 around 11 a.m. The Ione Fire Department responded to the scene and = extinguished=20 the flames. The driver was unhurt, but the car was completely ruined. = The cause=20 of the fire is still unknown.

That same day, a Napa motorcyclist = suffered=20 moderate injuries after losing control on Butte Mountain Road and a 2007 = Ford=20 fled the scene of a minor two-car collision on Highway 49 east of=20 Drytown.

In Calaveras County, two drivers were arrested and = booked for=20 DUIs on Tuesday. A 26-year-old man was arrested Aug. 6 after driving = while=20 intoxicated on Highway 12 in San Andreas. Edward Domingo from Valley = Springs=20 allowed his vehicle, a 2002 Chevrolet, to run off the road at about 1:52 = a.m.=20 Aug. 5. Domingo returned to the scene shortly after he had left the = area. He was=20 then arrested on suspicion of DUI. Domingo was treated at Mark Twain St. = Joseph's Hospital for minor injuries.

Later that morning, also in = San=20 Andreas, an intoxicated woman driving a 1986 Toyota 4-wheel drive ran = off the=20 edge of Highway 4 east of Utica Power House Road and struck the elevated = embankment, overturning before coming to a stop on its wheels blocking = the=20 westbound traffic lanes. The driver, Kelly Jean Saul, a San Andreas = resident,=20 was transported to Mark Twain St. Joseph's for minor injuries and was = later=20 released. She was then arrested and booked for DUI.

Raheem = Hosseini=20 and Bill Lavallie contributed to this report.

Bethany A. = Monk