Crime & Safety
DUI Suspected In 100-MPH Sonoma County Chase, Crash
The alleged DUI driver's SUV was completely obliterated when it hit a tree at triple-digit speed, a Sonoma County sheriff's official said.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A Santa Rosa man whose vehicle split in half length-wise Saturday night when it hit a tree at triple-digit speed, was arrested on suspicion of DUI, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said. A sheriff's deputy saw a small SUV driving at almost 90 mph in a 55-mph zone weaving and cutting off drivers on state Highway 12 near Calistoga Road around 11:20 p.m. Saturday.
The driver, identified as Leudegario Reynaga, 22, fled east at 100 mph when a deputy turned on his patrol car lights, the sheriff's office said.
Reynaga turned off his headlights on the winding highway and struck a tree just west of Pythian Road, a couple miles from the Kenwood area. The crash at triple-digit speed completely obliterated the SUV, and fire personnel extricated Reynaga from the vehicle, the sheriff's office said.
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Reynaga suffered minor injuries and was booked in the Sonoma County Jail for DUI, evading police, having false registration tags and on an outstanding domestic violence warrant from San Mateo County.
The sheriff's office posted photos of the mangled vehicle on its Facebook page.
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By Bay City News Service
Photo via Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
