Thomas Pourchot Injured in Fatal Head-On Collision on Highway 395 in Plumas County
Thomas Pourchot Hospitalized after Plumas County Crash on Highway 395 near Scott Road
Plumas County, California (February 6, 2021) – Thomas Pourchot, 65, of Doyle, was injured Wednesday evening after being involved in a deadly head-on collision in Plumas County.
The crash happened at around 5:14 p.m. Wednesday, February 3, on Highway 395, just south of Scott Road.
According to a California Highway Patrol report, Pourchot was driving a 2019 gray GMC Sierra northbound on Highway 395 while Wesley Anderson, 60, of Reno, was driving a 2013 Mazda southbound.
Anderson reportedly tried to pass a big rig over double yellow lines towards a curve with the view obstructed by a hill.
Pourchot, who was around a blind curve, saw the Mazda traveling southbound in the northbound lane of Highway 395 at a high rate of speed.
Pourchot tried to avoid a collision, stepped on the brake, and turned his car to the right shoulder. Anderson also turned his vehicle to the same shoulder of the road in an evasive manner, but the two vehicles eventually collided head-on.
Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene. Pourchot was taken to Renown Hospital with minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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