PETALUMA , CA -- A man was arrested early Saturday morning in Petaluma after allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, hitting a tree and injuring a passenger, according to police.
Police said officers responded to the 2000 block of Falcon Ridge Drive shortly before 5 a.m. on reports of a vehicle that had collided with a tree and flipped on its side.
Upon arrival, officers found the driver, 21-year-old Marc Morales-Velarde, outside the vehicle attempting to free an injured female passenger.
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Police said officers could smell alcohol on Morales-Velarde's breath and he allegedly admitted to consuming alcohol before submitting to a field sobriety test. According to police, the preliminary alcohol screen test showed his blood alcohol level to be twice the legal limit.
Both Morales-Velarde and the female passenger were transported to a local hospital to be treated for injuries, police said.
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The condition of female was not immediately available.
Morales-Velarde was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI causing injury to another. He later was booked into the Sonoma County Jail, according to police.
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