Man Charged in Alleged DUI Collision with Police, Another Car

Man Charged in Alleged DUI Collision
with Police, Another Car

November 6, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Joe Scott, Director of Communications
Sandi Gibbons, Public Information Officer
Jane Robison, News Secretary
Shiara Dávila-Morales, Assistant PIO
(213) 974-3525

VAN NUYS – An alleged drunk driver accused of colliding with a police vehicle, causing the patrol vehicle to lose control and hit another car, is due to be arraigned this afternoon, the District Attorney’s Office announced.

Deputy District Attorney Annemarie Acosta of the Van Nuys Branch Office said Silviano Hernandez Ramirez, 41 (dob 12/17/67), of North Hollywood is due to appear in Department 100 of Van Nuys Superior Court.

He is charged in case No. LA063545 with one count each of DUI causing injury, driving with a .08% blood alcohol causing injury and driving when his privilege was suspended or revoked, a misdemeanor. The criminal complaint includes allegations of great bodily injury and having a concentration of blood alcohol of .15% or more.

Prosecutors allege that Ramirez was driving under the influence on Lankershim Boulevard when he made an illegal U-turn, colliding with a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car. The force of the collision caused the police vehicle to veer out of control and strike another car. The three-car collision happened at 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 4 in North Hollywood.

Both LAPD officers sustained injuries, the most serious being a broken nose. The driver of the other vehicle was transported to a local hospital after complaining of pain, prosecutors said.

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