CRIMEAug 17 · 03:50 UTCKTLA 5John Ross Ferrara

CHP officer suffers major injuries in head-on crash with alleged drunk driver

A California Highway Patrol officer was hospitalized with major injuries after a head-on crash involving an alleged DUI driver. The suspect, 34-year-old Derek Skinner of Santa Paula, crashed into the patrol car in the Grimes Canyon area of Ventura County while heading northbound on Grimes Canyon Road.

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