A car driven by an 18-year-old man believed to be under the influence of alcohol crashed into a gas meter in a La Habra neighborhood, causing the evacuation of approximately 70 residents after a natural gas line erupted.
Driver Jonathon Huizar of La Habra was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he drove his Isuzu Rodeo into an aboveground gas meter, a service line and a house. According to a news report, gas flowed for several hours, and about 20 homes in the area were evacuated. The Red Cross set up an evacuation center at a nearby community center while a utility crew from the Southern California Gas Co. worked to repair the line.
Huizar was released and will be facing charges of DUI and being under the legal drinking age.
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