A drunk driver was arrested for allegedly resisting officers after a crash on the northbound 5 Freeway in Castaic Monday morning.

Around 12:45 a.m. Monday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on the northbound 5 Freeway, south of Hasley Canyon Road in Castaic, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office.

“Units arrived on scene and located a silver Toyota Camry facing the wrong way and blocking the I-5 northbound Hasley Canyon Road off-ramp,” Burgos-Lopez said.

Officers on scene conducted a DUI investigation and ultimately arrested Gabriel Zalazar, 28, from South Gate for misdemeanor DUI, according to officials.

“While in custody Gabriel Zalazar began to resist officers,” Burgos-Lopez said.

Zalazar was additionally charged with resisting an executive officer.

He was booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station jail. 

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