A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Fairfield after a drunk driving accident that resulted in all four of his passengers being hospitalized. Three of them suffered major injuries.
• Five people, all under age 21, were traveling in a speeding car. The driver was drunk and crashed the car into a tree at 80 mph.
• All four passengers were hospitalized, three with major injuries. One of them suffered severe head injuries and was airlifted via helicopter to a Level II trauma center.
• The driver was cleared by an emergency room doctor and then arrested on felony drunk driving charges.
The solo-vehicle accident occurred at 1:19 p.m., according to a report in the Vacaville Reporter.
California Highway Patrol Sgt. Jason Hekker said Fairfield resident Victor Alde was driving about 80 mph in a 65 mph zone when he crashed his 2008 Dodge Charger into a tree on Ramsey Road, off Interstate 680.
Alde and four friends had been drinking at a friend’s home. They had driven to a gas station on Lopes Road and were returning back to their friend’s house when the accident happened, Hekker said. Alde was speeding on a straight stretch of Ramsey Road when his car suddenly veered off the road near Gold Hill Road.
The car plowed through nearly 100 feet of fencing before it crashed head-on into a tree.
There were four passengers in the car, all of them airfield residents. Sukhpreet Singh, age 20, was sitting in the middle of the back seat and was not wearing a seat belt. He was thrown into the front seat and then through the windshield. He suffered major head injuries and was airlifted via helicopter to John Muir Medical Center, a Level II trauma center in Walnut Creek.
Michael Valdueza and Timothy Beaver, both age 20, also were sitting in the back seat. Valdueza suffered major injuries to his face and chest. Beaver suffered major hip injuries and lacerations on his hands. Both victims were taken by ground ambulance to North Bay Medical Center in Fairfield.
Christopher Valdueza, age 19, was sitting in the front seat with Alde. He suffered back and neck injuries that Hekker described as moderate. He also was taken by round ambulance to North Bay Medical Center.
CHP officers took Alde to North Bay Medical Center to be examined by a doctor. Alde was cleared and released to police custody. He was then arrested and booked into Solano County Jail. He was charged with felony driving under the influence resulting in major injury, Hekker said.
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