A crash on Sand Hole Street destroys two autos and injures each drivers, Hurricane, Utah, Jan. 7, 2022 | Photograph courtesy of the Hurricane Police Division, St. George Information
ST. GEORGE — A girl was arrested for felony DUI following a head-on crash on Sand Hole Street that destroyed two autos and resulted in each drivers being taken to the hospital, one with a number of fractures.
The arrest stems from an incident reported Jan. 7. Hurricane Police Officer Dan Raddatz informed St. George Information a head-on crash was reported shortly earlier than 11 p.m. and concerned a white 2018 Kia Sportage SUV and a 1998 Cadillac Eldorado. The 53-year-old driver within the Cadillac was unconscious in accordance with preliminary experiences.
In keeping with the possible trigger assertion filed in assist of the arrest, responding officers discovered each autos blocking the northbound lane of journey, with the driving force within the Cadillac nonetheless on the cellphone with 911. He was then transported to St. George Regional Hospital with a damaged foot and a fracture to his wrist, in addition to different accidents.
Whereas talking with the driving force within the Kia, later recognized as 32-year-old Raelene Sabrina Almazan, officers detected a robust odor of alcohol coming from the lady, who was on the cellphone when officers arrived. She then handed them her cellphone, saying she had known as the particular person whose home she had simply left minutes earlier than the crash, the report states.
The suspect’s buddy spoke to officers and throughout the name mentioned that Almazan had drunk a margarita whereas at his home. Police additionally discovered the suspect might have taken some tablets as properly, in accordance with the report, and was on her manner residence when the crash passed off.
Whereas strolling from her automobile to the ambulance, officers additionally seen the suspect appeared to have “very poor stability” an unsteady gait and she or he needed to be assisted. She was additionally transported to the hospital for analysis and later was admitted to the hospital. Whereas there, the suspect initially refused to undergo a blood draw to find out her blood alcohol content material, in accordance with the report, however later she consented as soon as officers learn the stipulations related to a refusal.
On the scene, officers decided from the place of the autos the Kia was heading south on Sand Hole Street when the driving force crossed over the double-yellow line into oncoming visitors and struck the Cadillac because it headed north, the report states.
By means of the course of the investigation, officers contacted the suspect’s insurance coverage firm and discovered the coverage had lapsed roughly one week earlier than the crash, so there was no energetic insurance coverage coverage in impact on the time of the incident.
The automobile was then searched previous to impound, which is when officers discovered a handgun mendacity on the passenger seat of the car that was inside attain of the suspect, and in accordance with the report, the gun additionally had a loaded journal.
Police say the suspect mentioned greater than as soon as that she shouldn’t have been driving and that she ought to have stayed at her buddy’s home as a substitute.
On Thursday, officers checked to see if the suspect was nonetheless within the hospital, and once they discovered Almazan had been discharged, they went to her residence and positioned her beneath arrest. The suspect was subsequently transported to jail in Washington County.
On Friday, the suspect was formally charged with one third-degree felony depend of DUI with severe bodily harm, as properly driving with out insurance coverage and carrying a harmful weapon whereas beneath the affect of alcohol-drugs.
This report is predicated on statements from courtroom information, police or different responders and will not comprise the total scope of findings. Individuals arrested or charged are presumed harmless till discovered responsible in a courtroom of legislation or as in any other case determined by a trier-of-fact.
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