Explosive Charge Found During Road Expansion Project

Folsom, California A construction crew working on the Highway 50 expansion project between El Dorado Hills Boulevard and Bass Lake Road found an unexploded charge along the center divide. The crew called the police who responded with technical support from the bomb squad. The device was reportedly a decade old charge left over from a previous construction project that involved rock blasting. The highway was closed while the bomb squad safely removed the item for proper disposal.