(KRON) — A truck that was involved in a DUI crash last week was fished out of a Santa Rosa pond over the weekend. According to the Santa Rosa Police Department, officers responded just before 5 p.m. on April 19 to Place to Play Park on West 3rd Street on reports of a truck speeding through the park.
The truck hit three parked cars before leaving the roadway and going into a pond, 50 feet from the roadway. Officers arrived to find the truck rapidly sinking. Police said a bystander went into the water and safely removed the driver, a woman, who was brought to shore.
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The woman was the sole occupant of the vehicle and was not injured. Identified as 64-year-old Patricia Collinsworth of Sebastopol, she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Efforts to fish the truck out of the pond were delayed by weather impacts and other conditions which police said limited visibility for divers. Multiple agencies worked together to develop a coordinated recovery plan.
On Sunday at around 11 a.m., patrol officers along with the Santa Rosa Fire Department Hazmat team and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team responded to the park to recover the vehicle. Divers were able to locate the truck, which was submerged in 15 feet of water, and it was removed from the pond.
Following the extrication, hazmat and dive teams deployed hydrophobic booms — long floating, cylindrical barriers designed to absorb oil and gas from the vehicle. These measures, police said, were taken to protect the pond.