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February 19, 2013
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2 men in critical condition after Hwy 49 wreck

Two men remain in critical condition after a two-car collision on Highway 49 Sunday evening. Phillip Cazares, 66, of Grass Valley, was driving his 1985 Corvette southbound on Highway 49 near Streeter Road when he suddenly made a left turn across the highway at about 6:50 p.m., according to witnesses. Joseph Mortara, 71, of Penn Valley, was driving a 2013 Ford F-150 northbound and broadsided the Corvette, witnesses told California Highway Patrol officers. Both vehicles went off the road with the Corvette landing in a drainage ditch and the pickup striking an embankment. Cazares and his passenger, Jerome Nelson, 38, …

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The Union Updated Feb 19, 2013 08:04AM Published Feb 19, 2013 03:59PM Copyright 2013 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.