Woman arrested after freeway hit-and-run California Highway...

Woman arrested after freeway hit-and-run

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a 37-year-old woman

Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of a hit-and-run after she

rear-ended a vehicle and caused a three-vehicle chain reaction crash

on the San Diego Freeway and tried to leave the scene, officials

said.

The woman, whose name was not released, was the only one who

suffered minor injuries in the accident that happened near the

connector to the Corona del Mar Freeway at about 3:28 p.m., Highway

Patrol Officer David Ferrer said.

She was taken to Hoag Hospital and determined to have been driving

under heavy medication, he said. She was released from the hospital

and taken to Orange County jail, Ferrer said.

No one else was injured in the crash that tied up two lanes,

backing up traffic for about 30 minutes.

A SigAlert was issued for about half an hour, between 3:30 and 4

p.m., Ferrer said.

-- Deepa Bharath