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Passenger Hurt, Driver Arrested in City Crash

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Passenger Hurt, Driver Arrested in City Crash

Chris Gilbert May 28, 2013
Passenger Hurt, Driver Arrested in City Crash

A crash in downtown Grass Valley resulted in extracation of a passenger, and the arrest of the driver. Nevada County Consolidated Fire responded to the accident around 11:30 Friday night, and had to pull the roof off of the vehicle to get…

A crash in downtown Grass Valley resulted in extracation of a passenger, and the arrest of the driver. Nevada County Consolidated Fire responded to the accident around 11:30 Friday night, and had to pull the roof off of the vehicle to get to the trapped passenger. The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed and hit a parked pickup. Steve Briggs owns that pickup, and heard the collision…

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The driver fled the scene. Briggs says the driver and passenger had been smoking marijuana…

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Grass Valley Police say they located 20 year-old Daniel Warfield of Grass Valley on Whiting Street shortly after the accident.  Warfield was taken into custody for suspicion of felony hit and run, felony drunk driving and driving on a suspended license. He was treated at Sierra Nevada Hospital before being booked into the jail…

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The passenger was taken by helicopter to Sutter Roseville Hospital.

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