Damage From DUI Suspect Puts Historic Coloma Bridge Out Of Commission

COLOMA (CBS13) – A suspected DUI clang has near RVs virtually stranded astatine an El Dorado County campground.

California Highway Patrol says a antheral was nether the power and speeding erstwhile helium crashed into the Mt. Murphy Bridge connected Saturday.

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The bridge, which is the main way from the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park to the Coloma Resort Campground, was severely damaged. Officials accidental the harm was truthful atrocious that the span is expected to beryllium closed for respective months.

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This means that respective RVs connected the eastbound broadside implicit the stream are present beauteous overmuch stuck – with the lone alternate routes retired being 2 constrictive roads that are not easy navigated.

The Coloma Resort is present coordinating a caravan with the sheriff’s bureau to escort those RVs out. The caravan is planned for adjacent Monday, authorities say.

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Levi Nuesmeyer, a 37-year-old Placerville man, has since been arrested connected DUI charges successful transportation to the crash.