Mill Valley Woman Arrested for DUI, Hit-and-Run After Allegedly Scaring Family

A Mill Valley woman driving on a suspended license struck the open door of a parked car as a father was pulling his twin 5-year-old sons from it last Thursday, scaring the family and leading to the driver's arrest after a foot chase, Central Marin Police said.

Beth Anne Kelley, 47, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, felony hit-and-run and driving without an ignition interlock device on her car as was required for people with multiple DUI convictions, Central Marin Police Sgt. Hamid Khalili said.

Police said Kelley was driving at a high rate of speed down the hill in the 400 block of Redwood Avenue in Corte Madera at around 3:45 p.m. Aug. 15 when she struck an open door of a parked vehicle. A resident had parked the car outside his home and was unloading his sons when the incident occurred, Khalili said.

Kelley's car narrowly avoided striking the father who was holding one of his sons when the collision occurred, Khalili said, and the father and son were briefly pinned between the suspect’s car and the rear door of his car vehicle. No one was injured in the incident, he said. 

After the collision, the man called police and said the driver appeared to be intoxicated and had fled the scene on foot, Khalili said.