A Murrieta woman suspected of leaving the scene after causing injuries to a pregnant woman while driving drunk in Temecula was out on $75,000 bail Friday.
Sonia Gonzalez, 44, was booked on suspicion of hit-and-run with injury, as well as DUI and DUI with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher.
She was released on bail Thursday and was ordered back to court Dec. 19.
According to California Highway Patrol Officer Nathan Baer, the crash occurred on the northbound Interstate 15, coming from eastbound Rancho California Road, about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.
The suspect was driving a Cadillac Escalade and when the SUV drove up on a Pontiac G6 stopped for traffic in a far right lane, the Escalade rearended the Pontiac, sending it into a pickup truck, Baer told Patch.
The driver of the car is seven months pregnant, Baer said.
When the Escalade left the scene, the driver of the pickup followed it to a gas station near a grocery store on Margarita and Winchester roads, Baer said.
"The driver of the truck detained the driver @ Winn Co. until CHP arrival," Baer told Patch.
And what's up with the "I'd bet she is a realtor" comment? It has nothing to do with the story and makes no sense. Are you a realtor too, and you're just trying to bad-mouth your competition?
If you are a realtor and can't afford to fund the investment in your business then pick another field.
It's people like you that make this valley the greatest place on earth to live. I am so glad you and your baby are doing well.
Let's follow Sara's lead. She is unbelieveably gracious and empathetic.
I also find it ironic that it being "Bullying Prevention Awareness Month" you show your true colors in setting a great example of how a bully acts in the adult forum. YES once again you take the cake in being a BIG BULLY. *Bullying may be defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another person, physically or mentally. I hope you get reamed for slander (*slander n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed.) You have finally hit an all time low and had nothing you could really use against Mr. Randon Lane..... so you had to come up with this BS? Too bad you have to try to come up with new email address and new names to hide behind so that you can continue to come onto the Patch to declare your insanity and rude behavior. I feel for your parents..... I am sure they are real proud of your behavior. (Sarcastically said) :/
Cudos to the guy in the truck who went and got this lady. I absolutely cannot tolerate drunks, especially ones who are ignorant enough to drive. You did this city and Sara a great service getting this "lady" (for lack of a nice word) locked up. To the police who always go to so much work, investigating, getting torn up chasing people, heck you name it, and to have them bail out in a few hours(not this chick in particular) or the bail is so low a 5 yr old has enough in their piggy bank to bail Mom out. You all get no respect after an investigation, all paperwork taken to the DA and either they plea it out with the accused or the Judge does, or gives a sentence that he might not have even interrupted his lunch to give. To realtors. Yes there are some shystie ones like in any profession. You say they make 10k on a deal dude up at the top here, but they may only make that 2 or 3 times a year. That is not even enough to live on huney. There are so many realtors from the boom years ago that they run over each other showing houses. Competition is horrible. So your comments are untrue. Cindy you must be related to the drunk "lady" who hit Sara, because you never see anyone defend a drunk. Thanks LBV, and yes my grandson is almost 4 now and a wonderful handful for this ole gal!! Bridget where in the world did that come from? Out of the blue for sure.
Just wanted to let you know my comment above was responding to someones inappropriate post that was deleted. So it didn't come out of nowhere... When people post things they can delete their own post or three different people can tag it inappropriate and it automatically gets deleted :)