SANTA ROSA: MAN ARRESTED, SUSPECTED OF FLEEING HWY. 12 INJURY CRASH

The CHP said a Santa Rosa man who was wanted on two arrest warrants is suspected of fleeing from an alcohol-related crash on Highway 12 west of Santa Rosa Tuesday night.

Suspect Rico Nicolas Landero, 29, also was driving with a suspended license when he allegedly clipped one car Tuesday evening and then struck a second car parked on the side of the road shortly before 7 p.m., authorities said.

Women in both vehicles were injured, and Landero reportedly left his car near Merced Avenue and ran into a nearby neighborhood, the CHP said.

At least one victim, Mariah Martin, 20, was taken to Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol with minor to moderate injuries, the CHP said.

Santa Rosa resident Sandra Schmidt, the driver of an Audi TT who was ahead of Landero when he tried to pass, suffered minor injuries, the CHP said.

As officers searched the area for Landero in the aftermath of the crash, a woman reported seeing him, and he was apprehended, the CHP said.

Landero, also known as Nicolas Landero-Rico and Pedro Ojeda-Camacho, was believed to be under the influence of alcohol, Sgt. Allan Capurro said.

He was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, hit and run, and driving with a suspended license, the CHP said.

-- Mary Callahan