KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Cobb woman was arrested following a solo-vehicle wreck near Kelseyville on Halloween night.
Alaina Elizabeth Austin, 21, sustained minor injuries in the crash, which occurred at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said Austin was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro eastbound on Highway 175 west of Red Hills Road.
Due to Austin’s intoxication, she allowed the Camaro to drift off the north roadway edge of Highway 175, hitting a power pole and then a wire fence before coming to rest north of the roadway, the CHP said.
Austin was transported via a Kelseyville Fire ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, the CHP said.
There is a suspicion that alcohol and drugs were a factor in this collision, and the CHP said Austin was placed under arrest. Her booking sheet showed she was charged with misdemeanor DUI.
Austin’s crash occurred less than 10 minutes before another DUI-related crash – which also resulted in an arrest – took place nearby on Highway 175, as Lake County News has reported.
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Highway 175 wreck leads to arrest
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