A Healdsburg man fleeing police crashed into a streetlight. On Friday night, an officer pulled over a car along Healdsburg Avenue near March Avenue. The officer asked the driver to step out of the vehicle, suspecting he was intoxicated but instead the driver took off. The driver fled at high speeds along Healdsburg Avenue before losing control and crashing into a streetlight. The driver, 37-year-old Rogelio Silva-Escobedo, was arrested on multiple charges after being medically cleared. His passenger refused medical care at the scene but was taken to a hospital by a family member.
