Crime & Safety
Woman Jailed After Wreck Near San Marin High
Point Reyes resident failed field sobriety test after crash that injured another person.
A Point Reyes woman faces a drunken driving charge following a two-car crash Monday night on San Marin Drive, Novato police said.
Deborah Anne Osborn, 57, was arrested at 8:52 p.m. Monday, 49 minutes after an emergency call was made about a crash at the intersection of San Marin Drive and Novato Boulevard.
Novato Fire District paramedics transported one of the drivers, a man, with abdominal pain to a local hospital, Captain Chris Wikeen said. Osborn was uninjured, he said.
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Lt. Jennifer Welch said Osborn was heading westbound on Novato Boulevard and ran the stop sign, striking a car heading north on San Marin Drive/Sutro Avenue. Osborn's car pushed the man's car up into the sidewalk, then hit a curb and parking sign. The man's car came to a rest about 10 feet from the intersection and the other about a few hundred feet up San Marin Drive when it stopped, Wikeen said.
Osborn, who gave her occupation as a massage therapist, was arrested, medically cleared and then booked at Marin County Jail. She faced a bail of $55,000 for a felony DUI causing injury; Welch said in addition to abdominal pain the man had neck pain and a laceration to his head.
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