A man was arrested on suspicion of a DUI after a two-vehicle traffic collision on the State Route 14 northbound at the Escondido Canyon Road on-ramp in the early hours of Friday morning, according to an email statement by Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez with the California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office.
CHP officers arrived on the scene, contacted the man and conducted an investigation, Burgos-Lopez’s statement said.
Officers detained and arrested the man on suspicion of a felony DUI and having four or more DUIs within 10 years, the statement said.
The 28-year-old Phelan man was transported by CHP to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for a chemical test and evaluation, according to the statement.
The man was booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, the statement said.
