Two people went to the hospital on their own following a two-vehicle rear-end crash in the 600 block of South Polar in Centralia Monday night.
Centralia Police say 74-year-old Ronald Alvis of South Jefferson in Kell ran into the back of an SUV driven by 23-year-old Mathias Pate of South Perrine in Centralia. The crash occurred while Pate was attempting to turn into a driveway.
Due to the smell of alcohol, police took Alvis to the police department for further investigation and eventually arrested him for driving under the influence and failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
While both drivers escaped injury, two passengers in the Pate SUV, 21-year-old Ashton Hutton of South Poplar and a one-year-old female juvenile from Centralia went to the hospital on their own for treatment.
The crash occurred at 9:53 Monday night. Police say it was raining at the time. Both Centralia Fire and Life Star Ambulance were called to the scene.
