SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A woman accused of driving drunk and the wrong way on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, causing a three-vehicle injury crash that prompted a two-hour shutdown of the span in both directions, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony DUI charges.
Briana Rall, 24, was ordered held on $130,000 bail.
She was allegedly behind the wheel of an eastbound Ford Fusion that collided with a Ford F-150, then struck a Dodge Ram in the westbound lanes near the toll plaza on the Coronado side shortly after 4 a.m. Monday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Rall was arraigned at UC San Diego Medical Center, where she was taken after the accident to be treated for her injuries.
The driver of the Ford pickup truck, a 49-year-old San Diego woman, suffered major injuries in the crash and was also taken to UC San Diego Medical Center.
The 27-year-old San Diego man who had been driving the Dodge pickup was treated at the same hospital for minor injuries, said CHP Officer Jake Sanchez.
Rall faces six years in prison if convicted. She will be back in court May 9 for a readiness conference and June 14 for a preliminary hearing.
A 24-year-old woman is suspected of being drunk and driving the wrong way onto the Coronado bridge, causing a chain reaction crash that seriously injured another driver early Monday.
The woman, in a Ford Fusion, drove onto the bridge headed east out of Coronado, but in westbound lanes, about 4:05 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez said. Soon after, she crashed head-on into a Ford F-150.
Another westbound driver in a Dodge Ram then slammed into the crashed pickup.
A CHP officer who was parked at the Coronado entrance to the bridge spotted the wrong-way driver and took off after her, but wasn’t able to prevent the crash, Sanchez said.
The wrong-way Fusion driver, identified as Briana Rall of San Diego, suffered moderate injuries, while the 49-year-old woman in the F-150 suffered major injuries. The 27-year-old San Diego man in the Dodge wasn’t seriously hurt.
All three were taken to UC San Diego Medical Center, Sanchez said.
Rall will be arrested on felony DUI charges when she is released from the hospital.
The collision closed the bridge in both directions, snarling traffic for morning commuters. All lanes reopened shortly before 6 a.m.
The crash prompted a shutdown of the Coronado Bridge in both directions early Monday.
SAN DIEGO, CA — A suspected drunken driver headed the wrong way on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge crashed her car into two pickup trucks, injuring all three drivers and prompting a shutdown of the bridge in both directions early today.
San Diego resident Briana Rall, 24, was behind the wheel of the eastbound Ford Fusion that collided with a Ford F-150, then struck a Dodge Ram in the westbound lanes near the toll plaza on the Coronado side shortly after 4a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
A SigAlert was subsequently issued. Rall was arrested on suspicion of DUI and taken to UC San Diego Medical Center to be treated for her injuries, CHP Officer Jake Sanchez said.
The driver of the Ford F-150, a 49-year-old San Diego woman, suffered major injuries in the crash and was also taken to UC San Diego Medical Center.
The 27-year-old San Diego man who had been driving the Dodge Ram sustained minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital, Sanchez said.
The bridge was reopened shortly before 6 a.m., according to the CHP.
SAN DIEGO — A woman accused of driving drunk and the wrong way on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, causing a three-vehicle injury crash that prompted a two-hour shutdown of the span in both directions, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony DUI charges.
Briana Rall, 24, was ordered held on $130,000 bail.
She was allegedly behind the wheel of an eastbound Ford Fusion that collided with a Ford F-150, then struck a Dodge Ram in the westbound lanes near the toll plaza on the Coronado side shortly after 4 a.m. Monday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Rall was arraigned at UC San Diego Medical Center, where she was taken after the accident to be treated for her injuries.
The driver of the Ford pickup truck, a 49-year-old San Diego woman, suffered major injuries in the crash and was also taken to UC San Diego Medical Center.
The 27-year-old San Diego man who had been driving the Dodge pickup was treated at the same hospital for minor injuries, said CHP Officer Jake Sanchez.
Rall faces six years in prison if convicted. She will be back in court May 9 for a readiness conference and June 14 for a preliminary hearing.
