Update: Motorcycle rider arrested for DUI following crash
Update Feb. 22:
Tim William Karels of Paso Robles was released into custody of Sierra Vista Hospital
–A motorcycle rider who sustained major injuries in an accident Friday night has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and riding a motorcycle without a license, California Highway Patrol reports. Due to his injuries, Tim William Karels, 37, of Paso Robles was released into the custody of Sierra Vista Hospital and has not been booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail.
Details of the accident are below:
Original report Feb. 20:
Motorcycle rider suffers major injuries in crash
–A motorcycle rider suffered major injuries, including a severed leg, after colliding with a Jeep in Templeton Friday night, California Highway Patrol Reports.
Tim William Karels, 37, of Paso Robles was riding his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle, eastbound on Creston Road just west of Neal Springs Road. Crystal Dawn Fauset, 33, of Creston, was driving her 2006 Jeep Cherokee, westbound on Creston Road just west of Neal Springs Road.
Witnesses stated that Karels had just passed their vehicle, going in the same direction, at an extremely high rate of speed, CHP reports. Seconds later, Karels, still riding in the middle of the roadway, sideswiped the oncoming Jeep, the report says. Alcohol appears to be a factor in this collision, the report says.
Karels suffered major injuries to his left foot, and left leg, while Fauset was not injured. Karels was flown to Sierra Vista Medical Center by CHP Helicopter, H-70.
Karels is currently in custody at Sierra Vista on suspicion of DUI, according to reports.
Creston Road was closed following the accident and has since reopened.
Correction: Story was updated to correct the spelling of the motorcycle rider. His name is Tim William Karels. It was misspelled in an initial news release from the CHP.
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