Thursday, July 26, 2007
Drunk Driver Saved by Officer after DUI crash & chase
San Diego DUI Attorney news
DUI patrol car dashboard camera records the chase, a fiery DUI crash and the rescue of a driver suspected of driving drunk in a stolen car .
According to DUI police, a drunk driver was pulled over at 1:30 a.m. Sunday after the sport utility vehicle he was driving was seen weaving on Beach Boulevard.
After being pulled over in a parking lot, the driver, later identified as Jose Villalona, 18, spun the SUV around several times, drove toward Officer Folin Christmas' police car, then sped off.
The report said Villalona took off again, headed north on San Pablo Road.
When the officer caught up with the SUV again, it had crashed into a brick wall and some trees and caught fire.
Christmas pulled Villalona free of the crumpled steering wheel of the burning car and out of the car.
"I grabbed the driver and pulled on him several times, trying to pull him out of the driver's side window," Christmas wrote in the police report. "I felt the suspect would burn to death in the vehicle if I did not get him free."
Villalona was checked over by rescue personnel, who determined he did not need to be transported to the hospital and he was placed under arrest for DUI .
DUI patrol car dashboard camera records the chase, a fiery DUI crash and the rescue of a driver suspected of driving drunk in a stolen car .
According to DUI police, a drunk driver was pulled over at 1:30 a.m. Sunday after the sport utility vehicle he was driving was seen weaving on Beach Boulevard.
After being pulled over in a parking lot, the driver, later identified as Jose Villalona, 18, spun the SUV around several times, drove toward Officer Folin Christmas' police car, then sped off.
The report said Villalona took off again, headed north on San Pablo Road.
When the officer caught up with the SUV again, it had crashed into a brick wall and some trees and caught fire.
Christmas pulled Villalona free of the crumpled steering wheel of the burning car and out of the car.
"I grabbed the driver and pulled on him several times, trying to pull him out of the driver's side window," Christmas wrote in the police report. "I felt the suspect would burn to death in the vehicle if I did not get him free."
Villalona was checked over by rescue personnel, who determined he did not need to be transported to the hospital and he was placed under arrest for DUI .
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 1:28 PM 
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