Petaluma man, 82, arrested in suspected DUI crash
Published: Monday, January 30, 2012 at 3:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 30, 2012 at 9:04 p.m.
An 82-year-old Petaluma man was arrested and hospitalized after a suspected drunken driving crash in east Petaluma, police reported.
William Pitsker, 82, was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with a possible head injury.
He crashed his 2001 Subaru at about 10:20 p.m. Saturday while driving on McDowell Boulevard at McKenzie Way.
Pitsker didn't yield at a red light and hit another driver broadside. That driver reportedly wasn't seriously injured.
Officers determined he was intoxicated and he was arrested but released for hospital treatment.
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