The San Luis Obispo Police Department has a man in custody who drove a vehicle into a residence while allegedly intoxicated last Thursday.
According to SLOPD, officers responded to a call regarding a traffic accident. The call stated a vehicle collided into a house at the intersection of Bougainvillea and Hollyhock.
Investigators say the driver, Branden Paulson, was driving his vehicle northbound on Hollyhock when he failed to negotiate a left turn at Bougainvillea. The vehicle left the roadway crashing into a garage on Bougainvillea. No one was home at the time.
After the crash, Paulson fled the scene on foot. SLOPD officers caught him a short time later.
According to SLOPD investigators, Paulson was determined to be driving his vehicle while intoxicated.
He was subsequently arrested for DUI and hit-and-run.
Paulson was transported to the San Luis Obispo County Jail where he was booked.
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