DUI driver with baby arrested in Piedmont after hit-and-run using stolen car

Several cars were hit after a woman, who police say was showing signs she was under the influence of alcohol, was driving at a high rate of speed (Piedmont Police…

Several cars were hit after a woman, who police say was showing signs she was under the influence of alcohol, was driving at a high rate of speed (Piedmont Police Department).

by: Aaron Tolentino

Posted: May 11, 2022 / 10:40 PM PDT

Updated: May 11, 2022 / 10:50 PM PDT

PIEDMONT, Calif. (KRON) — A woman was arrested after a stolen black SUV was involved in a hit-and-run on Tuesday night in Piedmont, police announced in a Facebook post. She was showing signs of being under the influence of alcohol when officers found her hiding in the bushes with her one-year-old baby near the scene of the crash.

Police said the woman was driving at a high rate of speed in the area of Wildwood Avenue and Highland Avenue where several cars in the area were hit. They later found a Ford black SUV abandoned on nearby on Warfield Avenue.

After the unidentified woman was arrested, police conducted a search of the vehicle that was stolen out of San Francisco. Police found stolen mail from a number of Oakland residents, burglary tools, and an open container of alcohol.