A driver suspected of DUI was arrested following a short pursuit that began minutes after a deadly hit-and-run crash Tuesday in Orange.
The crash was reported at about 11:30 a.m. in the 300 block of North Tustin Street. The driver led police on a brief pursuit following the collision that killed a man who was crossing the street outside a crosswalk in the 300 block of North Tustin Street.
The victim died at the scene. Details about his identity were not immediately available.
A few minutes after the crash, police located a Scion sedan with significant front-end damage, including a shattered windshield, on Glassell Street at Katella Avenue. The brief pursuit went on for about 1 mile and ended at Tustin Street south of Adams Avenue, police said
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The 31-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI, felony hit and run, evading and vehicular homicide. Police said the suspect has four prior DUI convictions in the last 10 years.
