Drunk Driver Injures Woman on Channing Near Unit 3
Cal Water Polo Player The Drunk Driver

-- EDIT -- I'm sure the announcement of the moratorium was not stalled by the fact that Chris Talbott is a member of Zeta Psi... ironically, members of the chapter were interviewed on KTVU-2 last Saturday, claiming that a moratorium would increase drunk driving in Berkeley...

(edit: by request of the victim's family and friends, her name has been pulled from this post.)

The Contra Costa Times seems to have the most info available. From their article:

Jeep jumps curb, injures woman, 20

An alleged drunk driver jumped the curb on a Berkeley street, critically injuring a 20-year-old woman, police said...

Witnesses told the officer that as the driver of a Jeep Cherokee made a U-turn, his vehicle went over the curb at a bus stop, crushing a pole and striking the woman, who was waiting at the stop with a friend.

The victim was rushed to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where she is in critical condition. The victim's friend narrowly escaped injury.

Police arrested 18-year-old Christopher Talbott of San Jose after giving him a field sobriety test. He was booked at Berkeley City Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with open containers of alcohol and possessing a false ID.

Other passengers in the Jeep fled the scene after the accident, according to police.

What they don't tell you is that the person that hit her, Chris Talbott, may be a member of the Cal Water Polo Team. How many other members of Cal Athletics were in the car? This story won't be one that ends in the East Bay Wrap-up...

EDIT: The Daily Cal Story. Looks like he was at the Beta party on Saturday night before he drove drunk to pick some people up. Interesting question: did he get alcohol illegally at Beta, or go to the party already drunk?Email This Post!