Suspected Drunken Driver And Passenger Both Arrested In Cathedral City

Cathedral City police arrested a drunken driver who crashed into a covered bus stop and arrested a passenger who had been in the vehicle on an unspecified warrant, a sergeant said today.

Antonio Escobar Veiasco, 25, of Thousand Palms, who was found in a field after running from the 11:35 p.m. accident Saturday was booked on suspicion of drunken driving, and Juan Jesus Garcia, 19, was arrested on a warrant, Sgt. Alberto Ruiz said.

A witness in the 34000 block of Date Palm Drive saw Veiasco and Garcia run from the vehicle toward a gated neighborhood, and police found the pair trying to hide in a field, he said.

Anyone who saw the vehicle hit the bus stop was asked to call police at (760) 770-0300.