An Alturas man was taken to the hospital May 26th, with minor injuries after he lost control of the logging truck he was driving on Highway 32, collided with an embankment and spilled the truck’s load of logs across both lanes of the highway.
According to details provided by the Susanville office of the California Highway Patrol, late Wednesday morning, 21-year old Alturas resident Zachary Bickford was driving a 2000 Peterbilt logging truck fully loaded with cedar logs westbound on the highway, west of Elam Campground, at an undetermined speed.
“For unknown reasons, the Peterbilt and logging dolly exited the road to the north and collided with a steep embankment,” explains CHP Public Information Officer Bruce Thuelchassaigne. “The logs were ejected and the truck and logs came to rest blocking both lanes of State Route 32.”
The logging dolly continued down a steep embankment on the south side of the road.
Bickford was wearing his shoulder harness and he was transported to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff for his injuries.
The collision is still under investigation and according to the CHP, neither drugs or alcohol are considered a factor.
