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Lakeport man arrested for felony DUI after injury crash
LAKEPORT, Calif. – On Tuesday police arrested a young Lakeport man for felony driving under the influence following a crash that injured another driver.
It was the second DUI arrest in four days for 18-year-old Parker John Coggins, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
At 6:15 p.m. Tuesday Lakeport Police officers were dispatched to 11th Street near Safeway to investigate the report of an injury vehicle collision, Rasmussen said.
When they arrived, officers determined that a 1998 Volvo sedan traveling east on 11th Street, and driven by Coggins, collided with a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer traveling west on 11th Street, driven by a 43-year-old Clearlake Oaks man, causing major front-end damage to both vehicles, according to Rasmussen.
Rasmussen said officers determined that the Clearlake Oaks man had complaints of pain to his stomach, neck, back and left leg, and he was transported by Lakeport Fire Protection District ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for treatment.
During the investigation, Rasmussen said the officers noticed that Coggins was displaying signs and symptoms of being under the influence of alcohol and proceeded to conduct a series of field sobriety tests on him, which he failed.
Coggins was transported to the Lakeport Police Department where he submitted to a blood alcohol content test by breath. Rasmussen said the results showed that Coggins' blood alcohol content level was 0.13 percent; the legal limit is 0.08 percent.
Rasmussen said Coggins was booked into the Lake County Jail for felony drunk driving causing injury.
Jail records showed that Coggins remained in custody on Wednesday night, with bail set at $30,000.
This case remains under investigation but unsafe speed is also believed to be a factor in the collision, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said Coggins' arrest on Tuesday was his second for drunk driving in the city of Lakeport in a four-day period.
At about 9:15 p.m. Friday, March 18, a Lakeport Police officer working traffic enforcement in the area of S. Main Street and Lakeport observed a gray Chevrolet sedan fail to stop at the stop sign at S. Main St and Lakeport Boulevard before traveling west on Lakeport Boulevard at a high rate of speed, Rasmussen said.
Rasmussen said the officer noticed that the driver, Coggins, was displaying signs and symptoms of alcohol influence and that he had beer in the vehicle.
The officer conducted a series of field sobriety tests on Coggins, which he failed. Rasmussen said Coggins was arrested and booked for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with alcohol in his blood while under 21 and being in possession of alcohol while under 21.
Rasmussen said his agency is dedicated to keeping its citizens safe by apprehending impaired motorists and he encouraged members of the community to report all intoxicated drivers.