Suspected Drunken Driver Plunges Off Monterey Wharf Into Ocean, With 3 Passengers

By Bay City News Service, CBS San Francisco

April 9, 2024

A man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Sunday when he allegedly drove off a wharf in Monterey and into the ocean while fleeing police.

At about 1:30 a.m., Monterey Police officers were on foot on Alvarado Street when they spotted a green Chevrolet pickup truck turn the wrong way onto a one-way street. The officers radioed to patrol units, who found the Chevy entering Municipal Wharf 2.

The officer attempted to make a traffic stop, and the driver initially pulled over, but then allegedly sped off at a high rate of speed toward the end of the wharf.

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