Suspected DUI Driver Rolls Truck Down Embankment Onto Highway 1
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SANTA CRUZ County (CBS SF) -- CHP officers on Monday afternoon arrested a woman suspected of drunk driving who lost control of her truck, rolling it down an embankment and onto the shoulder of northbound Highway 1
Officers with the Santa Cruz County CHP reported that shortly after noon, the suspect, 46-year-old Watsonville resident Maia Cahill, was driving northbound on Trabing Road when she lost control of her 1998 Ford F-150.
The vehicle left the roadway and overturned, landing on northbound Highway 1. The passenger in the truck -- a 51-year female Watsonville resident -- was ejected and sustained major injuries.
The accident shut down all northbound lanes of Highway 1.
Cahill was arrested for suspected DUI causing major injuries.
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