Driver Barrels Through Glass Storefront, DUI Suspected: Santa Rosa PD

SANTA ROSA, CA — A driver who barreled through a glass storefront and landed inside a Santa Rosa business early Thursday morning was arrested on suspicion of DUI, police said.

Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, dispatchers with the Santa Rosa Police Department received a call that a car had crashed into a building at 140 Stony Point Road.

The caller reported a man was trapped in the car, which landed inside Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii.

Officers and emergency medical personnel responded and the Santa Rosa Fire Department used hydraulic tools to free the driver from the wreckage.

The driver, identified by police as Ronal Chuc Comez, 21, of Santa Rosa, was taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries suffered in the crash.

Based on evidence at the scene, officers believe Comez was speeding westbound on West 9th Street and did not properly navigate a curve in the road. He drove over a grass berm on the north side of West 9th and continued through the parking lot of 140 Stony Point Road, where he struck a tree causing the car to spin and crash into the glass storefront, police said.

There was major damage to the storefront and the car.

Comez was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.