Pickup Truck Shears Power Pole, Blocks California Mountain Road After Crash

A pickup truck carrying three occupants left the roadway and sheared a power pole near Joeger Road and Lynn Lane in North Auburn on September 19.

The crash left the wooden pole across the road and into the rear of the pickup, blocking Joeger Road. CAL FIRE NEU and Placer County Fire Department responded to the scene.

Station 71 arrived with the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, California Highway Patrol and American Medical Response. Two of the three occupants were taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.

Joeger Road remained closed from Bell Road to Mt. Vernon Road until about 9 p.m. that night.