Crime & Safety
Motorist Arrested On Suspicion Of Driving Under The Influence Of Narcotics
The motorist was arrested following a brief vehicle chase.
SAN DIEGO, CA — A motorist, suspected of driving under the influence of narcotics, was arrested following a brief vehicle chase from the parking lot of a Von's supermarket in the Pacific Beach community of San Diego, authorities said Saturday.
Officers dispatched about 7:30 p.m. Friday to the 2400 block of Garnet Avenue came upon a 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 driving erratically in the parking lot of a Von's supermarket, the San Diego Police Department reported.
The car fled, upon the arrival of officers, going eastbound on Garnet Avenue where it struck a 2020 Hyundai Veloster, disabling both vehicles.
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A 24-year-old woman inside the Hyundai suffered multiple fractured vertebrae. Paramedics rushed her to a hospital.
The driver of the Mercedes-Benz, a 39-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence causing injury and felony evading.
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Police did not disclose what that narcotic might have been.
— City News Service
