DUI Suspected In Half Moon Bay Crash

HALF MOON BAY, CA — A DUI suspect will be arrested after he is released from a hospital following a head-on collision Monday afternoon in Half Moon Bay, a San Mateo County sheriff's spokeswoman said.

At about 4 p.m. the suspect was driving west in the eastbound lanes of state Highway 92 when his vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle in front of 501 San Mateo Road, spokeswoman Detective Rosemerry Blankswade said. San Mateo Road is also known as Highway 92.

Blankswade said the suspect crawled out of his vehicle and tried to hide from law enforcement officers. But the person was located and he smelled of alcohol, Blankswade said. He was treated at the scene and taken to a hospital.

Blankswade said the victim in the collision had to be extricated from her vehicle. She was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition.

Both directions of state Highway 92 between Half Moon Bay and state Highway 35 were closed after the collision but the road has reopened.

— By Bay City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone