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Brawley - Man Arrested for DUI After Wrecking Motorcycle

Todays is : Thursday, 08 January 2009

Written by George Gale
Friday, 01 September 2006
(A 54-YEAR-OLD BRAWLEY MAN IS ARRESTED FOR D.U.I. AFTER HE WRECKS HIS MOTORCYCLE)…. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT AROUND 11:20 THURSDAY NIGHT. DOUGLAS HALE WAS REPORTEDLY RIDING HIS 2004 HONDA ROADSTAR NORTH ON HIGHWAY 86, SOUTH OF AUSTIN ROAD. HE WAS TRAVELING AT AROUND 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN HE REPORTEDLY ALLOWED THE MOTORCYCLE TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT, OFF THE ROADWAY AND ONTO THE SOFT DIRT CENTER MEDIAN, WHERE HE LOST CONTROL AND OVER-TURNED. THE C.H.P. SAYS HALE RODE THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE GROUND, AND THEN GOT UP AND LEFT. THEY SAY A PASSING MOTORIST FOUND HALES SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET SOUTH OF THE INCIDENT. THE MOTORIST NOTICED THE MAN WAS HURT, AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO PIONEERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THEY RESPONDED TO THE HOSPITAL AND DETERMINED HALE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR D.U.I., BUT REMAINED AT THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HIS INJURIES. HALES CONDITION WAS NOT REVEALED.