DUI suspect hospitalized after crash in downtown Chula Vista

Publish Date: 2021/12/13

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — A suspected DUI driver was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a single-vehicle accident in downtown Chula Vista, according to Times of San Diego.

The collision occurred in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue shortly after 1:00 a.m.

It was unclear what led up to the crash, but Chula Vista police said the driver struck a palm tree in the road’s center divider.

Medics transported him to a hospital with head injuries, though the extent of his condition remains undisclosed.

Authorities later took the man into custody pending an investigation into suspected DUI.

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