FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Shortly
after 0200 hours, 10/21/12, an Angels Camp Police Department officer
was in the parking lot of the police department when he heard a loud
motor vehicle collision, near the intersection of state highways 4 and
49. As the officer responded to that location, he observed two vehicles
with significant damage driving south on SR 49. He followed the two
vehicles, which ended up turning onto Demarest Street and then into the
parking lot of Mike’s Pizza where they finally stopped. Both of the
vehicles were determined to have been involved in a collision near the
previously mentioned intersection.
The
driver of one of the vehicles, Lucky Rance Marcum, a 26-year-old
Tuolumne resident, was determined to be driving under the influence of
alcohol and was arrested at the scene. His passenger, a 27-year-old
Ridgecrest, CA resident, complained of pain to his back, shoulders, arms
and neck, and was transported by ambulance to Mark Twain St. Joseph’s
Hospital.
The
collision is still under investigation. Per statements provided by the
occupants of the second vehicle, they were driving south on SR 49 when
the vehicle Marcum was driving turned from eastbound SR 4 onto
southbound SR 49, and collided with their vehicle. After the collision
Marcum attempted to leave the area and was followed by the occupants of
the second vehicle until police arrived. No injuries were reported on
scene by the occupants of the second vehicle.
Marcum
was booked on felony charges related to driving under the influence
where injuries occurred, and possession of a controlled substance.
