Crime & Safety

Unlicensed Minor Crashes Car in Petaluma, Arrested for DUI

The driver of the single-vehicle crash was not injured.

A driver was arrested for suspected DUI and driving without a license in Petaluma on Tuesday.

Police received a call of a single vehicle crash at 5:45 p.m., Tuesday. When officers arrived on scene at Sonoma Mountain Parkway and Linnet Lane, they found the vehicle was being driven by a juvenile female with no other passengers.

The vehicle was in the #2 lane traveling northbound when it struck the raised curb along Sonoma Mountain Parkway, police said. 

No other vehicles were involved and the driver was not injured, Petaluma police reported. 

The juvenile had not been issued a driver’s license and the officer could smell an odor of alcohol coming from the driver, police said. The driver was put through a series of sobriety tests and was arrested.

She was later transported to Sonoma County Juvenile Hall and booked in on the above charges. 


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