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Yet another vehicle goes off the road at Van Damme Beach; no serious injuries, road remains open

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Thanks to a reader we have this photo and video, which are reassuring and one can even see the car involved.

QPA vehicle went off the road on the south end of Van Damme Beach, just below Little River Inn. A month ago another car went off the other side, near Big River Bridge. Reader Orianna Wild provided the videos of the incident. The CHP said there were no life threatening injuries and the biggest problem was towing the car off the beach. There were two people in the car. Van Damme Beach is a few miiles south of Mendocino City on State Route 1. CHP just reported that they are leaving the scene of the accident and expect the owners remove it in the morning. .H Vexd99000

0143Type:

Trfc Collision-1141 EnrtLocation:

7200-7267 SR1Loc Desc:

1 MI FM GOLF COURSELat/Lon:

39.272787 -123.790226

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10:38 PM8[21] STATE PARKS INQ IF CHP0 WILL TOW VEH OR NOT
10:37 PM7[20] STATE PARKS ON SCENE // VEH IS ON THE BEACH
10:30 PM6[17] C18-010 INQ W/ FIRE IF INVLD WILL GET THEIR OWN 1185
10:23 PM5[16] STATE PARKS LL // STATE PARK UNIT ENRT REQ CHP ETA // CPYS ENRT
10:20 PM4[14] LL CDF// 1 VEH 2 OCCUP W/ MINOR INJS / VEH MOD DAMAGE
9:55 PM3[8] 1039 CDF
9:53 PM2[4] ATC
9:51 PM1[1] RP WENT OFF THE RDWY
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Frank Hartzell has spent his lifetime as a curious anthropologist in a reporter's fedora. His first news job was chasing news on the streets of Houston with high school buddy and photographer James Mason, back in 1986. Then Frank graduated from Humboldt State and went to Great Gridley as a reporter, where he bonded with 1000 people and told about 3000 of their stories. In Marysville at the Appeal Democrat, the sheltered Frank got to see both the chilling depths and amazing heights of humanity. From there, he worked at the Sacramento Bee covering Yuba-Sutter and then owned the Business Journal in Yuba City, which sold 5000 subscriptions to a free newspaper. Frank then got a prestigious Kiplinger Investigative Reporting fellowship and was city editor of the Newark Ohio, Advocate and then came back to California for 4 years as managing editor of the Napa Valley Register before working as a Dominican University professor, then coming to Fort Bragg to be with his aging mom, Betty Lou Hartzell, and working for the Fort Bragg Advocate News. Frank paid the bills during that decade + with a successful book business. He has worked for over 50 publications as a freelance writer, including the Mendocino Voice and Anderson Valley Advertiser, along with construction and engineering publications. He has had the thrill of learning every day while writing. Frank is now living his dream running MendocinoCoast.News with wife, Linda Hartzell, and web developer, Marty McGee, reporting from Fort Bragg, California.

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