Palm Desert DUI Suspect Crashes Into Palms, Median

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA – A Palm Desert woman was hospitalized and arrested for suspected impaired driving early Monday after she reportedly crashed into palm trees in a roadway median in Rancho Mirage, according to officials.

The Rancho Mirage Police Department responded at 12:19 a.m. to the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Highway 111, where a 2013 Honda Civic was found facing north in the southbound lanes of Bob Hope, after it colliding with at least three palms in the center median and causing minor damage to some irrigation pipes, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.

The driver, Anna Christina Tames, 23, the car's sole occupant, was inside, unresponsive and bleeding from the head, deputies said.

Tames was transported and admitted to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, where she allegedly admitted to drinking and driving and, after testing, had a preliminary blood alcohol level of .235 percent and was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said.

Anyone with information about the collision can contact Officer Adonis Glasper of the Rancho Mirage police at 760-836-1600, or Crime Stoppers at 760-341-STOP (7867).

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