- Elizabeth Larson
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Saturday DUI crash injures three; one driver arrested
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said driver Ernesto Martinez, 29, of Fairfield suffered major injuries and was arrested, with alcohol and drugs suspected factors in the wreck.
The driver of the second vehicle, Stacey M. Folmar, 42, and her passenger, 16-year-old Garrett Folmar, both of Lower Lake, also suffered major injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash occurred at 4:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 29 south of Spruce Grove Road North.
Martinez was driving his 2005 Mercedes-Benz E500 northbound on Highway 29 while Stacey Folmar was driving her 2014 Dodge Challenger southbound, with Garrett Folmar in the passenger seat, the CHP said.
For reasons the CHP said are still under investigation, Martinez allowed his vehicle to cross the solid double yellow lines, resulting in the front of the Mercedes-Benz colliding with the front of Folmar's Dodge Challenger.
The CHP said Martinez was not wearing his seat belt, but both of the Folmars were.
The highway was closed down for more than two hours while firefighters and CHP officers worked at the scene, based on radio traffic and CHP reports.
Three air ambulances responded to the scene, with Martinez and Stacey Folmar transported separately to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Garrett Folmar taken to Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, the CHP said.
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