Car accident, Southport restaurant fire

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MAY 1, 2013 –   West Sacramento firefighters (above) joined the CHP and ambulance units on Saturday morning, April 20, after a three-car accident on I-80.  One driver had to be extricated, and a total of two people went to local hospitals. In other city fire department news, crews responded to [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 10, 2013 – Fresh on the heels of an accident in which a West Sacramento woman drove her car into the river and drowned while phoning for help on March 13, dispatchers on the 911 system handled a more recent report of a car going into the Sacramento River. The [...]

Just learning to drive --

NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 20, 2013 – By Steve Marschke News-Ledger Editor A West Sacramento woman called 911 as her car went into the river on the morning of March 13, but rescuers weren’t able to locate the sinking car until it was too late. The woman was identified as Mussarat Parveen Chaudhary, 58. According to [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 20, 2013 – News-Ledger Staff The bait this time was a Cadillac Escalade. A thief took the bait in West Sacramento last Tuesday, Feb. 12. According to police reports and information from West Sacramento Police Department Lieutenant Tod Sockman, local police and the CHP left the specially-equipped Escalade alone at [...]

Five crash crash in 'state streets'

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 6, 2013 – West Sacramento firefighters responded on Jan. 24 to a five-car accident at the intersection of Alameda Street and Virginia Avenue. One injury was reported — the patient was taken away by ambulance — and “damage was done to several trees, yards and vehicles,” reports the Fire Department. [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — JAN 16, 2013 – INFANT GETS CPR ON AMBULANCE RIDE TO HOSPITAL – West Sacramento firefighters had one of those famous “cliché” calls on Dec. 29, as a Southport woman gave birth in a car during the rush to get her to a hospital. It was about 5:17 a.m. on a [...]

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