[10-01-2022] Yuba County, CA – Yuba Police Officer Injured After Getting Rammed by Stolen Vehicle

According to Yuba County Sheriff’s deputies, an officer was injured after getting rammed by a Chico man fleeing with a stolen vehicle in Yuba City Saturday, October 1, 2022.

The crash occurred Saturday afternoon near F and 3rd Streets.

The sheriff’s department says that when deputies tried to pull Michael Williams over, he was driving a stolen Ford F-150. Williams stopped the car for a short time and then sped away.

Then, deputies said, Williams hit the driver’s side of the patrol car, hurting a deputy, and kept driving away.

When Williams got to a dead end near F and 3rd Streets, he turned around and crashed into another patrol car several times, but the deputy wasn’t hurt.

Williams then drove through a gate and into a sewer drain, which broke down his car and made him have to keep running on foot.

Deputies said Williams climbed a cell tower to a height of about 150 feet and stayed there for six hours until the Yuba County Crisis Negotiation Team could get him down.

Williams was taken into custody and is charged with multiple felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer.

Two-Vehicle Crash Statistics

Car accidents cause most accidental deaths and trips to the hospital in the United States. About 200,000 people die or are seriously hurt in car or truck accidents every year.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that in the United States, there is an average of one car accident every 60 seconds. More than 3,300 people died in car accidents in California last year.

According to the National Safety Council, about one out of every ten people die in cars. In 2019, 3,898 people died in car accidents in California, and more than 2,765,000 were hurt. Between 2013 and 2016, 23.5% more people were injured or killed in car accidents.

This includes broken-down cars, trash, and drunk or distracted drivers.

Yuba County Car Accident Lawyers

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