SANTA CRUZ — A 20-year-old man was arrested after allegedly ending his date by drunkenly driving a automotive off the facet of the trestle bridge with a feminine passenger inside, police stated.
Emergency responders have been referred to as at 5:19 a.m. Sunday to a single-vehicle crash at East Cliff Drive and the San Lorenzo River Railroad Bridge. On the seaside beneath the bridge, not removed from the river mouth, responders discovered a crimson Toyota Prius on its roof, Santa Cruz Police Division spokesperson Joyce Blaschke stated. The feminine passenger was airlifted to an out-of-county trauma heart and was hospitalized in critical situation, Blaschke stated.
Driver Gian Paul Cardona, of San Jose, remained held on suspicion of DUI inflicting bodily harm Tuesday on the Santa Cruz County Jail, in response to county jail logs.
Investigators imagine the automotive was touring at excessive pace when it traveled onto the railroad trestle from the path of Seashore Road, Blaschke stated. Blaschke stated Cardona advised police that he had spent the day with the girl on the seaside and that they have been headed house on the time of the crash.