Clark Gable's son arrested for DUI after 'hitting 6 parked cars and a house' in Malibu

The son of legendary film actor Clark Gable has been arrested for driving under the influence after crashing into seven cars and a house on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Tuesday.



John Clark Gable, 52, was booked after his white pickup truck allegedly smashed into the back of another vehicle near to Malibu Pier at about 3 p.m on Tuesday.



Sgt. John Skikas of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Malibu-Lost Hills Station said that the motorist phoned 911 to report the crash while following the pickup which hit another six parked cars before coming to a stop after hitting a home garage.



Arrested: John Clark Gable is arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of drunken driving and hit-and-run - visible is his white pick-up truck that he was driving at the time of the crash

Gable is led away by law enforcement after being apprehended following his suspected DUI in Malibu Gable allegedly hit six parked vehicles on the Pacific Coast Highway Destruction: Gable's car came to a halt on the side of the road after he had left a trail of destruction behind him

The actors son crashed into the back of a vehicle at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday and then attempted to flee the scene



Trail of damage: Gable crashed into six vehicles along the Pacific Coast Highway

Law enforcement officials said that Gable was taken to hospital after the crash and was most likely driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.



He was then taken to be booked at Malibu-Lost Hills Station.

The Malibu-Lost Hills Station watch sergeant told eonline that, 'At 2:54 p.m., we received a call of a possible hit-and-run in the city of Malibu.'



'The suspect's vehicle collided into six parked vehicles at 21322 Pacific Coast Highway,' the watch sergeant said.



Crash Scene: Gable's white pick-up truck smashed into cars as it veered across the road on Tuesday afternoon

Law enforcement officials said that Gable was quite likely to have been driving under the influence

Witnesses speak to a deputy in the aftermath of the crash today in Malibu

Gable caused a car to smash into the garage of the homeowner - leading to the door to buckle

John Clark Gable, 52, was allegedly driving a white pickup truck that rear-ended a vehicle near the Malibu Pier at about 3 p.m

The eastbound lane on the Pacific Coast Highway was closed while accident investigators cleaned up in the aftermath of the hit-and-run crash.



John Clark Gable was in the news almost exactly a year ago when his live-in girlfriend, Christiane Candice Lange, 41, was found dead in their Malibu home on April 11, 2012.



There was no suspected foul play and a coroner's spokesman said that Lange's death was most likely from the prescription drugs she was using.



John Clark Gable was in the news almost exactly a year ago when his live-in girlfriend, Christiane Candice Lange, 41, was found dead in their Malibu home on April 11, 2012

Clark Gable (1901-1960) won an Oscar for 'It Happened One Night' but made his reputation with his role as Rhett Butler in 'Gone With the Wind'

John Clark Gable never knew his Oscar winning father, who died four-months before he was born.



Best known for his role as Rhett Butler in 1939's 'Gone with the Wind', Gable starred in 'Mutiny on the Bounty' in 1935 and 'The Misfits' in 1961.

