Update at 4:40 p.m.: The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office has released the name of the deceased in this crash. He is 63-year-old Bret Craig Binda of Modesto. Further details regarding the head-on collision are below.
Original post at 2:52 p.m.: Jamestown, CA— DUI is suspected in the fiery head-on crash on Highway 108 in Jamestown on Monday evening (6/30).
As we reported, the crash occurred at around 5:25 p.m., north of Sierra Rock Road. The CHP reports that an unidentified 63-year-old male from Modesto was driving a 1996 GMC Sonoma pickup truck southbound on Highway 49. Coming in the opposite direction was 70-year-old Jan Ruff, of Sonora, driving a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. They disclosed that for an unknown reason, the driver of the GMC truck crossed over the double yellow lines in front of Ruff’s truck, hitting it head-on…