Man jailed on suspicion of hit-and-run, DUI on New Year’s Day in Pasadena

PASADENA — A Pasadena man is suspected of drunken driving and hit-and-run after crashing into electrical equipment and parked cars early New Year’s Day, police said.
Martin Placencia, 29, was turned over to the California Highway Patrol for booking, Pasadena police Lt. Chris Russ said.
He exited the westbound 210 Freeway at Lincoln Avenue about 9:45 a.m. when he struck a Caltrans electrical box, Russ said, then continued and struck a traffic signal control box.
The crash disabled the lights at Lincoln Avenue and Howard Street for about five hours, during which time citizen volunteers controlled traffic at the intersection.
Placencia continued driving his car until he crashed into a parked car at Idaho Street and Newport Avenue, forcing the vehicle into another parked car, the lieutenant said.
He then abandoned the car and ran, but Russ said witnesses pointed out which direction he had fled in, and officers captured him at Fair Oaks Avenue and Claremont Street.

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