One man is in jail after driving under the influence of prescription medication, passenger hospitalized
One man is in jail and a woman is in the hospital after a dui incident overnight. It happened early Monday morning right about midnight. Palm Desert police got a report of a black sedan that collided into multiple parked and unoccupied cars in the parking lot of a local area business.
A woman passenger in the car had minor injuries to her face and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The driver of the vehicle -24 year old Christopher Lather of Desert Hot Springs – was found to have been operating the vehicle while under the influence of prescription medication.
Lather, who was uninjured, was subsequently arrested and booked into the Riverside county jail in indio on a felony charge of causing a collision while under the influence resulting in injuries.
