DUI Suspects Keep CHP Busy
Posted By David Silva on Mar 30, 2011 7:46am PDT
March 30, 2011 - California Highway Patrol officers arrested 14 people over the weekend on suspicion of intoxication. The arrests included a bicyclist, a driver involved in a major injury crash and another driver with three prior convictions for driving while intoxicated. At about 6:20 p.m. on Friday, a CHP officer observed two bicyclists cutting through traffic near the intersection of Mendocino and College Avenues. The bike riders almost caused cars to crash. The officer stopped the two riders and evaluated one of them, a 50-year-old Santa Rosa woman, for possible intoxication. The woman appeared to be drunk and was arrested for riding under the influence of alcohol and prescription medications. According to the CHP, a bike rider who was intoxicated was killed at the same intersection in 2009. A few hours later, officers responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Pocket Drive in Guerneville. In that accident, a 24-year-old Santa Rosa man drove his 1988 Toyota pick-up truck off the road and hit a tree. His 36-year-old passenger remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The driver was also injured. He is being held at Sonoma County Jail pending a review of his immigration status. He was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. At about 11:15 on Friday night, a 32-year-old Santa Rosa man was found walking down the middle of Bennett Valley Road. The CHP reported that the man appeared to be very drunk. He had three prior drunken driving convictions and was on probation at the time of this incident. He was prohibited from drinking as a condition of his probation. The man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and violating probation. Then, on Sunday night a 52-year-old Cloverdale man crashed his vehicle off River Road in Cloverdale. Officers found the man inside his car. He was unable to explain how the accident occurred. Officers put him through a field sobriety test which he failed. His driving record revealed that he had two prior drunken driver convictions. He was arrested and taken to jail on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and having a third DWI within 10 years. I f you or a loved one have been injured in a drunken driving accident please call an experienced
Sonoma County Personal Injury attorney for a free consultation.