Crime & Safety
Driver Arrested, Passenger Hurt In Late Night Felony DUI Crash: Petaluma Police
A driver was arrested and his passenger hospitalized after plowing into parked cars in Petaluma, police said.
PETALUMA, CA — Two people were hospitalized after plowing into a row of parked cars near the intersection of South McDowell Boulevard and Caulfield Lane in Petaluma, according to the Petaluma Police Department.
The driver, Rodrigo Rosales-Ramirez, and a passenger were still inside the truck on Friday, about 11:30 p.m., when police and Petaluma Fire Department medics arrived after receiving multiple calls about the accident, police said.
Rosales-Ramirez and his passenger were transported to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
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Police said that Rosales-Ramirez had been driving the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
"Evidence gathered at the scene, combined with field sobriety testing, confirmed impairment," according to a statement by the Petaluma Police Department.
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Rosales-Ramirez was arrested and taken to the Sonoma County Jail on charges of felony driving under the influence resulting in injury.
No other people were injured, police said.
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