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Driver in San Carlos speeds away from DUI checkpoint on Cinco de Mayo

By KTVU staff
Updated  May 6, 2022 8:13am PDT
San Carlos
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Driver in San Carlos speeds away from DUI checkpoint

A driver in San Carlos was seen on social media video speeding away from a DUI checkpoint.

SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Bay Area police were everywhere on Thursday night, keeping an eye on Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

One driver in San Carlos was seen on social media video speeding away from a DUI checkpoint in his Honda Pilot. 

Video shows the driver pulling up to the checkpoint, backing up into a ditch, turning the car around, and then speeding away, going in the wrong direction.

The sheriff added that the Honda driver wasn't chased, but they did screen 720 cars and cited 48 others for things like driving while unlicensed. One other driver was arrested for DUI.