{"id":473290,"date":"2026-09-23T18:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473290\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:04:57","slug":"dui-arrest-driver-crashes-into-fully-lit-fresno-pd-suv-blocking-traffic-trapping-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/473290\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI ARREST: Driver crashes into fully lit Fresno PD SUV blocking traffic, trapping officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A driver was arrested for DUI after crashing into a Fresno Police patrol SUV, trapping an officer inside on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>A driver was arrested for DUI after crashing into a Fresno Police patrol SUV, trapping an officer inside on Tuesday night. (Courtesy: Joselito Serna)<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno Police Department says the crash happened around 11:12 p.m. near Friant Road and Lakeview Drive.<\/p>\n<p> The officer was blocking traffic with his emergency lights activated while emergency crews worked on an earlier crash.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/5-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui-during-saturday-enforcement-in-fresno-police-department-october-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">5 arrested on suspicion of DUI during Saturday enforcement in Fresno<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"62-year-old Brent Bennett was arrested on suspicion of DUI (Photo: Fresno Police Department{strong}){\/strong}{p}{strong}{\/strong}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3a4d2b75-a7d6-4a39-9aab-7dce3a8d16f2-CopyofBLUR55.png\" width=\"648\"\/>62-year-old Brent Bennett was arrested on suspicion of DUI (Photo: Fresno Police Department)<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say 62-year-old Brent Bennett was driving north on Friant Road when he struck the side of the patrol SUV, flipping it over.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Fire crews freed the trapped officer, who was taken to the hospital with a complaint of pain.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett was arrested on suspicion of DUI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A driver was arrested for DUI after crashing into a Fresno Police patrol SUV,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-473290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}