Bay Area police: Driver in crash had more than four times the legal blood alcohol limit

A driver with a blood alcohol content more than four times the legal limit was rescued from a near fatal DUI crash late Friday, the Santa Rosa Police Department said.

Police responded to calls just before midnight that a maroon Dodge pickup truck had crashed into a tree on Bennett Valley Road, west of Yulupa Avenue, police said.

Officers and emergency responders removed the driver from the truck and found he had life-threatening injuries. The driver — the only occupant of the single-vehicle crash — was taken by ambulance to a hospital, police said…

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