Suspected DUI driver arrested after hit-and-run in Clairemont

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A 22-year-old man was arrested Thursday night after a two-vehicle crash in Clairemont that left a passenger with serious injuries, authorities said.

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According to the San Diego Police Department, the collision happened around 9:20 p.m. at the intersection of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and Pocahontas Avenue in the Bay Ho neighborhood.

The 22-year-old man was driving a white 2019 Toyota Corolla southbound on Pocahontas Avenue when he failed to stop a posted stop sign and entered the path of a westbound gray 2016 Honda Civic, police said.

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The vehicles collided in a broadside crash.

The Honda was being driven by a 54-year-old man. Police said he suffered abrasions and his passenger, a 61-year-old woman, sustained significant internal injuries…

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