The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Giants kicker arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run crash
Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas was arrested Monday morning by the California Highway Patrol after a highspeed hit-and-run near Chico, Calif., in which the responding officer said “alcohol impairment is believed to be a factor.”
Witnesses told police that Rosas, 25, T-boned a Ford pick-up truck after speeding through a red light. He then fled the scene of the accident.
When the responding officers eventually found Rosas walking down the street about a mile and a half away from the crash, they said “his hands, legs and bare feet were covered in blood.”
Rosas was taken to the Enloe Medical Center to treat “minor” injuries. Then he was booked at the Butte County Jail in Oroville, Calif., at 2:50 p.m. PDT for hit-andrun and driving with a suspended license, both misdemeanors.
“Alcohol impairment is believed to be a factor in the collision,” Officer Ron Simmons of the CHP wrote in his report.
Rosas was cited and released at 4:37 p.m. PDT with no bail, standard procedure for such charges. His first court date is scheduled for Sept. 4 with the Superior Court of California, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office told the Daily News.
“We are aware of the situation and have been in contact with Aldrick,” the Giants said in a statement. “We have no further comment at this time.”
According to the collision report obtained by the News from the CHP, “a T-bone traffic collision occurred in the intersection of SR-99 and Garner Lane” at approximately 8:25 a.m. Monday.
Witnesses told the responding officer that a black Chevrolet SUV, Rosas’ car, “was traveling north on SR-99 passing traffic over the double yellow lines at a speed estimated to be 100 mph.”
“The black Chevrolet failed to stop for a red light and collided with a Ford pick-up truck that was in the intersection traveling west on Garner Lane,” the report states. “The Ford became disabled in the intersection. The driver of the Chevrolet (Rosas) attempted to flee the scene and the Chevrolet became disabled north of the collision scene.”