A drunk driver crashed into a palm tree in heart of Capitola Village Wednesday afternoon and ran from the scene, police said. A black Toyota drove over the sidewalk next to the Big Kahuna Hawaiian shop and smashed into a palm tree.Witnesses said the driver jumped out of his car carrying a 36-pack of beer. He dropped the beer as he was running, and Coors cans littered the street. Witnesses helped officers find the suspected driver nearby. Gregory Cloud, 23, of Capitola, failed a field sobriety test, police said. He was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and DUI. Heavy foot traffic is common along the street lined with beach-themed shops, but no one was injured in the crash. Police said Cloud had been drinking at a friend's house shortly before the wreck.

A drunk driver crashed into a palm tree in heart of Capitola Village Wednesday afternoon and ran from the scene, police said.

A black Toyota drove over the sidewalk next to the Big Kahuna Hawaiian shop and smashed into a palm tree.


Witnesses said the driver jumped out of his car carrying a 36-pack of beer. He dropped the beer as he was running, and Coors cans littered the street.

Witnesses helped officers find the suspected driver nearby.

Gregory Cloud, 23, of Capitola, failed a field sobriety test, police said. He was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and DUI.

Heavy foot traffic is common along the street lined with beach-themed shops, but no one was injured in the crash.

Police said Cloud had been drinking at a friend's house shortly before the wreck.

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