AT APPROXIMATELY 0923 HOURS, A SAN JOSE MAN WAS DRIVING HIS COMPANIES 2018 KENWORTH DUMP TRUCK SOUTHBOUND ON PONDEROSA WAY, APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES SOUTH OF PLUM CREEK ROAD. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS HE ALLOWED THE DUMP TRUCK TO TRAVEL OFF OF THE WEST SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE DUMP TRUCK TRAVELED DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT THEN BEGAN TO OVERTURN. THE MAN WAS EJECTED FROM THE DUMP TRUCK AND Collided WITH THE GROUND. THE DUMP TRUCK CONTINUED TO OVERTURN UNTIL COMING TO REST FURTHER DOWN THE EMBANKMENT. COWORKERS AND PASSERBY’S LOCATED THE ACCIDENT AND RUSHED TO ASSIST THE MAN. HOWEVER LIVE SAVING EFFORTS WERE ULTIMATELY UNSUCCESSFUL. THE MAN WAS BELIEVED TO NOT BE WEARING HIS SEAT BELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. DRUGS OR ALCOHOL ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS CRASH. THE CAUSE OF THIS CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
CHP WOULD LIKE TO THANK CALFIRE, TEHAMA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, ENLOE FLIGHT CARE, AND THE CITIZENS WHO RUSHED TO HELP, FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
