Officers plan holiday DUI patrol December 22

OCEANSIDE – Officers will spread out over city streets Friday night in search of drunken drivers as part of a holiday DUI patrol.

The enforcement efforts will focus on shopping and restaurant areas along Vista Way, El Camino Real and Jefferson Street.

The detail will be from 7 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Saturday.

Officers will also walk through bars to check for violations, such as over-serving alcohol.


SAN DIEGO – One man was injured and two drivers were arrested early Wednesday morning after a California Highway Patrol car was rammed from behind by a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver.

Two officers in a patrol car had pulled over to help a driver who had stopped his Nissan on southbound state Route 15 just past University Avenue around 2 a.m. when the cruiser was hit by a Chevrolet that drifted to the right, said California Highway Patrol Officer Alicia Contreras.

After it was struck, the patrol car was pushed into a person standing next to the disabled car. The man, who had been a passenger in the Nissan, was hospitalized with minor injuries, Contreras said.

The driver of the Chevrolet, a 23-year-old man, was not injured and was taken into custody on suspicion of drunken driving, Contreras said.

Officers also arrested the driver of the Nissan on the same charge.

One of the CHP officers complained of a hurt ankle but was not hospitalized.



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