CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A young Clearlake man was arrested this week for his involvement in an alleged hit-and-run collision with a bicyclist in Sonoma County, with his brother and friend also arrested for fleeing law enforcement.
Taylor Kudrna, 19, was arrested on Thursday after he turned himself in at the Clearlake Police Department, along with his brother, Seth Dandridge, 28, also of Clearlake, according to the California Highway Patrol's Santa Rosa Area office.
Their friend Clay Clarke, 33, also of Clearlake, was arrested the previous day, the CHP said.
On Wednesday, Kudrna, Dandridge and Clarke were riding their motorcycles northbound on Highway 101 through Santa Rosa at high speed when CHP Officer David Spencer attempted to make an enforcement stop, the CHP said.
The three men allegedly failed to yield to Spencer and exited the freeway at mark West Springs Road, according to the report.
Clarke, the lead rider, lost control of his motorcycle at the end of the off-ramp and hit the rear of another vehicle. The CHP said Clarke was immediately arrested.
Kudrna and Dandridge continued to flee eastbound on Mark West Springs Road, where the CHP said the men failed to stop for a red light at the Old Redwood Highway intersection.
The CHP said Kudrna collided with a bicyclist in the intersection and laid down his motorcycle. Kudrna then allegedly picked up the motorcycle and fled.
The bicyclist, 20-year-old Joel Aguayo of Windsor, suffered moderate injuries and was transported to a local hospital by ambulance, the CHP said.
The CHP's followup investigation led to Kudrna and Dandridge, who the next day turned themselves in.
The CHP said Kudrna was arrested on suspicion of causing a hit-and-run collision with injuries and evading arrest, and transported to the Sonoma County Jail, where he was booked.
Dandridge was cited for evading arrest and riding with a suspended license and released in Clearlake, the CHP said.
All three motorcycles were impounded by the CHP, the agency said.