Man arrested after short police pursuit Costa...

Man arrested after

short police pursuit

Costa Mesa Police arrested a Santa Ana man on suspicion of drunken

driving Monday afternoon after a hit-and-run accident.

Joel Granados Blas, 33, was arrested at 12:45 p.m. Monday after a

short pursuit, Costa Mesa Police Lt. Dale Birney said. He is being

held on $100,000 bail on felony DUI and hit-and-run charges, Birney

said.

Blas’ Toyota, which he was driving south on Mesa Verde Drive West,

ran a red light at 12:12 p.m. and broadsided a van driving west on

Adams Avenue, Birney said. The van hit a sign at a bus stop and then

hit a brick wall, he said.

The van’s driver, who was not identified, suffered minor injuries.

The Toyota left the scene of the accident and was spotted by an

officer at the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue, Birney

said. Blas led the officer on a short pursuit but pulled over at the

corner of Baker Street and McClintock Avenue, Birney said.