NICE, Calif. – A wreck that occurred late Friday afternoon sent one woman to the hospital with minor injuries and resulted in the arrest of the second driver for driving under the influence.
The California Highway Patrol said the head-on collision occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff at the Rodman Slough.
A tan Pontiac Sunfire and a black Mitsubishi SUV collided, with the SUV going off the road, the CHP said.
Northshore Fire and Lakeport Fire both responded, as the crash scene was close to the boundary between the two districts, according to reports from the scene.
The Pontiac's elderly female driver was placed on a stretcher and transported by ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital. The CHP said she suffered minor injuries.
The driver of the SUV, 58-year-old Anthony Michael Barnes of Glenhaven, was transported to St. Helena Hospital Clearlake for a forced blood draw, the CHP said.
The Clearlake Police Department was called to assist with the blood draw, and a Clearlake Police officer arrested Barnes for driving under the influence.
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