LAKEPORT, Calif. — A crash at a city park on Wednesday afternoon led to an arrest for felony charges including driving under the influence and hit and run.

The Lakeport Police Department said its officers were dispatched to Xabatin Park at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday for the report of a traffic collision that had escalated to a verbal altercation. 

Officers arrived on scene and met with the reporting party, who stated that the other vehicle had fled the scene. 

While speaking with the reporting party, the suspect vehicle was spotted driving in a nearby parking lot, police said.

Officers conducted a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle and contacted the driver, who had the odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage coming from his breath. 

After conducting field sobriety tests on the driver as well as a breath test, the driver was arrested for felony DUI, felony hit and run, and driving without a driver's license, police said.

Officers also located an open container of alcohol in the front cup holder, as well as several open containers of alcohol in the vehicle. 

The names of the individuals involved in the crash were not released.

“The Lakeport Police Department is dedicated to taking impaired drivers off the roadway and keeping all who work, visit, and live in the City of Lakeport safe,” the agency said in a report on the arrest.