LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Yuba City woman was arrested over the weekend after she attempted to run through a California Highway Patrol driver checkpoint in Lower Lake.
On Saturday, Dec. 17, CHP Clear Lake Area personnel conducted a driving under the influence checkpoint on southbound State Route 53 in Lower Lake.
CHP officers contacted nearly 500 drivers, issued 14 citations, impounded two vehicles and conducted four DUI investigations, said Commander Dan Fansler.
Nearing the end of the checkpoint's scheduled operation time, a Mini Cooper ran through the screening area at high speed and failed to stop for officer's commands and a posted stop sign.
The driver, Kiara Renee Fears, 22, fled the scene and a CHP patrol vehicle pursuit ensued.
Fears accelerated to approximately 100 miles per hour traveling northbound on State Route 29, south of Point Lakeview Road.
Due to the vehicle’s unsafe speed, she was unable to safely negotiate a turn in the roadway and traveled off the north shoulder of Point Lakeview Road and crashed into a fence.
Fears fled from her vehicle on foot but was quickly apprehended by CHP officers and taken into custody for DUI and additional charges. “Thankfully, no members of the public or our CHP officers were injured during the incident,” Fansler said.
Fansler said Fears was charged with felony evading, DUI, driving on a suspended license, violating probation for DUI, and two additional enhancements for speeding and upon conviction, additional penalties for three or more DUIs in 10 years.
The CHP offered a special thank you to Caltrans District 1, Clearlake Oaks Maintenance crew, for their assistance with lighting, signage and cone placement, which was instrumental in making the enforcement campaign a reality.
Yuba City woman arrested after running through DUI checkpoint
- LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS