Alleged DUI Crash Injures 1, Driver Arrested

A Murrieta man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and a passenger suffered major injuries in an early-morning crash on Clinton Keith Road in Wildomar, police said.

The crash was reported at 1:21 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Clinton Keith and Palomar Street, said Wildomar police Sgt. Chad Loeffler, in a news release.

Responding officers found a silver Nissan Altima resting on a large water backflow device, the sergeant said.

"The force of the collision caused the water device to rupture and leak large amounts of water into the street," Loeffler said.

Lanes on eastbound Clinton Keith were closed until 6:45 a.m. as officers investigated the crash, he said.

The driver, Jack Robert Jurasky, 21, of Murrieta, allegedly lost control of the Altima while traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on Clinton Keith Road, Loeffler said.

The Altima left the roadway, crashed through several small trees, and came to rest near a shopping center entrance, he said.

The passenger in the car suffered major injuries, he said.

Jurasky was determined to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash and was arrested on suspicion of Driving Under the Influence/Causing Bodily Injury, Loeffler said.

Jurasky was being held at Southwest Detention Center near Murrieta in lieu of $50,000 bail, jail records indicated.

Anyone with further information about the crash was encouraged to contact the Wildomar Police Department at 951-245-3300.