OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEWS RELEASE

INCIDENT:	Serious Injury Traffic Collision & DUI Arrest
DATE/TIME:	January 1, 2017 at 3:33 AM
LOCATION:	J Street and Pleasant Valley Road
VICTIM:	20-year-old male passenger
SUSPECT:	Daniel Escobedo, 20-year-old Oxnard resident
PREPARED BY:	Sgt. Chris Inglehart
CONTACT PERSON AND  CONTACT INFO:	Traffic Officer Tom Martin; (805) 385-7748 or thomas.martin@oxnardpd.org

DETAILS:

On 1/1/17 at approximately 0333 hours, Officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to the intersection of Pleasant Valley Road and J Street to a serious injury traffic collision.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2011 BMW was traveling southbound on J Street at Evergreen Lane when it collided with a parked vehicle, causing the right front wheel to be sheared from the vehicle. The BMW continued traveling southbound on J Street. A witness stated the BMW entered the intersection of J Street and Pleasant Valley Road at speeds of approximately 60 MPH. The driver of the BMW lost control of the vehicle, collided with a sign and light pole and then flipped. The vehicle came to rest on the driver’s side, and the occupants had to be extricated by members of the Oxnard City Fire Department.

The driver, Daniel Escobedo, suffered minor injuries. The right front passenger suffered major injuries and was transported to the Ventura County Medical Center, where he is listed in serious condition. Escobedo was subsequently arrested for felony driving while under the influence of alcohol and was booked into the Ventura County Jail.

DATE / TIME PREPARED:  1/1/17 @ 0916 hours