Man Tasered, arrested for DUI in Highway 101 crash

<p>A man who lost control of his car and crashed into a guardrail along Highway 101 near Cotati early Friday was arrested for suspected drunken driving and resisting arrest after authorities subdued him with a Taser stun gun, the CHP said.</p><p>The man, whose 12:50 a.m. crash was witnessed by at least one other motorist, had been southbound on 101 near Highway 116 when he was observed driving recklessly, CHP Sgt. Mack Lewis said. </p><p>He ultimately lost control of the car and hit the guardrail, Lewis said.</p><p>When officers called to the scene approached, “he was extremely intoxicated and combative toward law enforcement,” Lewis said.</p><p>One used a Taser stun gun to subdue him so officers could arrest him.</p><p>He is believed to have given authorities a false name, however, and his name was being withheld until it could be confirmed, Lewis said.</p><p>The incident was one of two alcohol-related crashes that occurred on Highway 101 in Sonoma County in the wee hours of Friday, rounding out a day made busy by collisions and crashes on rain-slicked roads, he said.</p><p>Around 2 a.m., a northbound driver lost control of his vehicle near Petaluma Boulevard North and Old Redwood Highway, and spun off the road and into a field, where he overturned, Lewis said.</p><p>“When it’s a wet roadway, you’ve got to reduce your speed,” he said. “If you don’t, this is what happens, especially if you mix alcohol.</p><p>“It’s not a good combination,” Lewis said.</p>