Crime & Safety
Speeding Napa Teen Leaves "Path of Destruction"
CHP is investigating the 18-year-old on suspicion of reckless driving after he lost control of his speeding car Sunday afternoon, smashing into parked cars and portable toilets and damaging a house, according to the Napa Valley Register.
An 18-year-old Napa man left what the California Highway Patrol called a "path of destruction" after losing control of his car on Big Ranch Road Sunday afternoon, according to a report in the .
The article reports that 18-year-old Brandon Yadaobazan was speeding south toward the Oak Knoll Road intersection when he lost control of his 2003 Infiniti G35, which hit a rock wall and went airborne.
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Yadaobazan's flying Infiniti smashed through the porch of a house, damaging the dwelling so badly that some rooms cannot be occupied until structural work is done, befor crashing into parked cars and portable toilets and flattening rows of grapevines in a vineyard where the vehicle came to rest, according to the Register article.
Yadaobazan and his 15-year-old passenger were taken to with minor injuries, according to the newspaper, which also reports that CHP believes the two survived the collisions because they were wearing seabelts.
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Yadaobazan was not arrested Sunday, but CHP is investigating him on suspicion of reckless driving, the Register reports.
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