Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Part Of Labor Day's Bad Driver List
The California Highway Patrol arrest a Tiburon man after an accident near the Tamalpais Drive offramp in Corte Madera.
The California Highway Patrol got a quick start to the Labor Day Weekend DUI crackdown with a hit-and-run reported Friday near the Tamalpais Drive offramp in Corte Madera.
The incident occured at about 8:30 p.m., less than 3 hours after the start of the maximum enforcement period, which continued through Monday.
Marin CHP officers received a call of a hit and run traffic collision involving a Jeep Wrangler and a Mazda minivan on southbound US 101 near the Tamalpais offramp, possibly involving an intoxicated driver who fled the scene. Within a
few minutes, Tiburon police officers assisted by responding to the suspected driver’s residence in Tiburon and detaining him for CHP.
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CHP Officers arrested and booked Timothy Fitzgerald, age 43 of Tiburon for fleeing the scene of a collision, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol of over .08%.