Crime & Safety
Car Crash Injures Five; Teenager Suspected of DUI
Police said one of the occupants suffered major injuries.
A teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after a Saturday morning car crash that injured a total of five people, police said.
The 17-year-old driver was traveling northbound on Paseo Padre when he lost control of the vehicle, which then struck a center divider, crashed into a sign and “continued to spin out of control” before hitting another sign and a tree, according to a report from the Fremont Police Department.
The accident occurred just before 2:45 a.m. Saturday on Paseo Padre Parkway near Covington Drive.
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All of the occupants of the vehicle were injured and were only described as minors, said Police Spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.
One passenger was transported to a local trauma center for major injuries, but police said that person’s injuries were described as non-life threatening.
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The other four occupants of the car, including the driver, were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital, and the driver was arrested on suspicion a felony DUI.
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