By Carlos Alcalá
calcala@sacbee.com
Redding police were busy Friday night with a spate of five auto collisions triggered by three drivers believed to have been under the influence.
The collisions occurred over the course of just 90 minutes.
In one case, police used a Taser to subdue a suspect attempting to leave the scene.
In that incident, Shane Austin Collins, 24, of Redding, was believed to have lost control of his vehicle, which struck a guardrail around 8:35 p.m.
Collins, carrying his one-month-old baby, tried to leave the scene with the infant's mother, who was not identified.
After an officer tried to detain Collins, police reported that he challenged the officer to fight, handed the baby to its mother and attempted to run away.
After police used a Taser on him, Collins was taken to a hospital for evaluation and then booked on suspicion of resisting a peace officer, child endangerment, violation of probation and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
About 40 minutes earlier, Jaclyn Marie Pruitt, 29, of Redding, was arrested and taken to a hospital for treatment after her car struck a tree in a single-vehicle accident.
In the final incident, a 2010 Ford F 250 driven by Stephen Best, 56, of Burney, was involved in three separate hit-and-run incidents.
The Ford truck hit a GMC Jimmy which, in turn, struck a Ford Ranger. Best's car left the scene and sideswiped a Jeep Liberty before running into a light pole, police said.
Redding Officer K.C. Marks saw Best driving away from the last crash, stopped him and arrested him.
Drivers of the Jimmy and Ranger were taken to the hospital complaining of pain.
Call The Bee's Carlos Alcalá, (916) 321-1987.
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