Passenger Injured in High-Speed Crash on Westside Road
Redding, CA (September 29, 2022) On Wednesday evening, 25-year-old Jacob Ksiazek was arrested in a DUI accident that injured him and his passenger on Westside Road.
The Redding Police Department say Ksiazek was driving a truck at high-speed crash on Westside Road. Officials say that Ksiazek failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a city sign, a fence, a power pole, a gas line and eventually the side of Redding Veterinary Clinic.
Moreover, RPD closed Westside Road between Buenaventura Boulevard and Breslauer Road as emergency crews checked a damaged power pole and gas leak.
Investigators say that Ksiazek was driving impaired.
Meanwhile, police found Ksiazek and his passenger a short distance away from the crash scene. Paramedics say that both patients sustained minor injuries.
Medics provided medical treatment to Jacob Ksiazek and authorities booked him into the Shasta County Jail on felony DUI charges.
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