Drunk Palm Desert Man Crashes Into Center Median: Police

PALM DESERT, CA -- An alleged intoxicated man on Sunday crashed his car in Indian Wells then told police he was not the driver of the vehicle. Police on Monday said officers responded to the incident around 12:47 a.m. Sunday in the 7700 block of east bound Fred Waring Ave.

Officers said they found a blue Honda Civic that had crashed into the center median and the owner of the car, Jose Gudino, 37, of Palm Desert, beside it. Gudino told police his friend crashed his car before running away.

Gudino was evaluated by Riverside County Fire before being taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries and assessed for driving under the influence, police said.

Gudino later admitted to driving the car and he was arrested for driving under the influence. Gudino was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio.

Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call Officer Weston Hubbard Taylor at the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station by calling (760) 826-1600

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