New rigs rolling in Rescue

Mountain Democrat staff

The Rescue Fire Department has added two cutting-edge apparatus to its fleet. A Type 2, 2023 Pierce Freightliner fire engine and a 2023 Fouts Bros. Western Star water tender bolster the department’s capacity to respond effectively to emergencies, states a news release from the fire department.

The 2023 Pierce Freightliner fire engine is equipped with a 1,000 gallon-per-minute Darley pump and a tank capacity of 500 gallons of water. Under the hood is a Cummins ISL9 motor. The 2023 Fouts Bros. Western Star water tender has a capacity of 3,000 gallons of water and a 1,000 GPM Darley pump. The water tender is also powered by the Cummins ISL9 motor. The Rescue Fire Department acknowledges the generous support of the community and the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, whose dedication and contributions made the acquisition of these apparatus possible.

In the evening hours of Nov. 17, 2022, Alejandro confronted two women, demanded their money, assaulted both women and grabbed their car keys. Alejandro’s victims refused to let her leave. Prosecutors said Alejandro repeatedly punched and kicked both women but they were eventually able to pull Alejandro out of the vehicle and call 911.

El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies responded and apprehended Alejandro. The news release from the DA’s Office notes that once at the

El Dorado County Jail in Placerville, Alejandro assaulted one of the correctional officers, spitting on them.

Presiding over court proceedings was Superior Court Judge Mark Ralphs, who found Alejandro guilty of four felony charges, including attempted robbery, robbery, attempted carjacking and battery by gassing on a correctional officer. A charge of gassing involves bodily fluid making contact with an officer’s skin, according to officials with the DA’s Office.

Alejandro is set to be sentenced by Ralphs July 17 in El Dorado Superior Court Department 2.

In the news release the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office thanked the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office for its quick response and thorough investigation of the matter, and the victims for “demonstrating extreme bravery and composure to confront their attacker and share the truth of what was done to them.”

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Rescue’s new water tender holds up to 3,000 gallons of water that can be pumped out at 1,000 gallons per minute.

Juniper is starting to open her eyes, is moving her hands and gives periodic smiles, said Marc Traverse, her grandfather. He told the Mountain Democrat Juniper is slowly starting to come out of a four-week coma.

“That kid is a little miracle,” said Traverse, who has 11 grandchildren in total. “She had three or four neurosurgeons at UC Davis that told my daughter from the beginning to be prepared because the likelihood that she’s going to make it through this is pretty narrow.”

“We all said, ‘Juniper is a pretty good fighter,’” Traverse added.

The Pollock Pines youngster suffered significant head trauma and was placed on a ventilator as a result of the collision. As of July 5, she is off the ventilator, off her IV drips and even enjoyed some Fourth of July fireworks outside her hospital window, the family reported.

“The first two weeks were extremely difficult because there were so many emergencies that went on and they had to change things,” Traverse said. “Every day you went from feeling pretty good to feeling like you’ve been crushed, but the last four or five days have been promising, and these nurses have been unbelievably wonderful.”

Juniper will be sent to Shriners Hospital for Children in the future for rehabilitation.

Traverse and his wife Nichole, both flight attendants, were preparing to take a flight from Dallas to Dublin, Ireland, when they received word about Juniper, along with the four other preschool students of Pine Top Montessori School getting hit while crossing Pony Express Trail at the crosswalk near Willow Street. Both were pulled from the flight and able to take the next plane back to California to get to their granddaughter.

The students, supervised by their teachers, were taking a field trip by foot to a nearby park. Locals and witnesses nearby the incident immediately went to aid the children and the community quickly responded to the tragedy.

While people donated money totaling tens of thousands of dollars to help the children and their families with medical costs, the community called for better crosswalk safety such as better signage and slower speed limits down that stretch of Pony Express Trail.

Dillon, Axel, Jacory and another unidentified child were also sent to the hospital with major and minor injuries. Jacory returned home and is healing from a broken femur and a fractured skull. Axel also suffered a broken femur and fractured skull, along with a bruised liver, but is now home. Dillon’s leg was fractured and he is on his way to a full recovery. The extent of injuries to the unidentified child are unknown but full recovery is expected.

Ten-year residents of Pollock Pines, Traverse and his wife Nichole felt blessed with the community response as Juniper fought for her life in the ICU.

“Everybody that we’ve dealt with in this thing has just been over-the-top helpful,” Traverse said. “I got people calling offering to make food … we didn’t have to make food for the first two weeks.

“I’ve never been in a situation where I had to have something like that and we are super thankful for all of the support and prayers from people we don’t even know,” he added.

Alison Warren, Juniper’s aunt, posted in an update on CaringBridge. org that Juniper is starting to work with a speech therapist, is doing stretches, was able to go on a wagon ride outside and got to enjoy musical therapy provided by the hospital. Juniper is also off her feeding tube, according to Traverse. While she shows signs of getting better, the family acknowledges Juniper has a while before she fully recovers from her injuries.

“I knew it was going to be tough, but I also knew she was going to be OK,” Traverse said. “Watching the things she is doing now, I realized it is going to take a while, like when does she start to focus with her eyes and when does she start to talk again? But I think it will come back in time.”

Describing the kind of child Juniper is, Traverse recalled her rescuing ladybugs in the water at a nearby lake, calling her a kind person.

“If someone is hurting, she is concerned for them and what is going on with them,” Traverse said. “That is something I think comes naturally to her. She also loves playing and doing little shows for her little sister Flora. She’s just a really special child.”

The family asks the community to keep Juniper in their prayers as she slowly continues on her journey to recovery. Perhaps she will be seen saving ladybugs at the lake when she is released from the hospital.

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