Lake Elsinore DUI and Hit-and-Run Accident Results in Arrest of Man
Police arrested a man on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run in Lake Elsinore, according to a San Diego News Services report. Kenneth Allen Hodgson, 31, was arrested and booked on suspicion of drunken driving, aggravated mayhem and hit-and-run causing injury.
The incident reportedly occurred, eyewitnesses said, when Hodgson struck a motorcycle and fled. Patricia Hogan, 47, of Corona, the injured passenger was taken to the hospital. She is listed in critical condition. Police were able to arrest Hodgson based on eyewitness reports that he was driving a green truck, the news report said. Initial investigations also showed Hodgson ran a red light, officials said. Police officers who arrested him also detected evidence of alcohol intoxication, the report said.
How police officers determine a driver is drunk or intoxicated plays a significant role in how a DUI case plays out. If you are arrested on suspicion of a DUI in San Diego, you have the right to refuse field sobriety tests and the portable breath test that the police want you to take in their field investigation. California law requires that you take a blood or breath test after you are arrested and brought down to the police station.
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