Pinole Man Arrested After Suspected DUI Crash: CHP

LAMORINDA, CA — Two drivers suffered major injuries in separate crashes at the same spot along state Highway 24 on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, with the latter crash involving a fire engine, the California Highway Patrol said.

Both of those drivers were subsequently arrested on suspicion of felony DUI, according to the CHP.

The first crash happened at about 9 p.m. Monday, when a Lexus sedan crashed into the back of a Safeway tractor-trailer rig on westbound Highway 24 near the Acalanes Road off-ramp. The driver of the Lexus, 22-year-old Konstantin Vodyanov of Pinole, was hospitalized with major injuries, as were three passengers in the Lexus, the CHP said.

Vodyanov was arrested at the hospital on suspicion of felony DUI, according to the CHP. The big-rig driver was not injured.

About four hours later, shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday, at that same Highway 24 location, three Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters suffered minor injuries when the driver of a Honda sedan struck their truck at high speed. The fire crew was there to block traffic lanes to allow CHP officers to more safely investigate the earlier crash.

The driver of the Honda, Suallah Hatari Lloyd, 30, of Oakland, was hospitalized for treatment of major injuries, according to the CHP. Lloyd was later arrested at the hospital on suspicion of felony DUI.

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