Crime & Safety
Belmont Man Arrested for DUI and Hit & Run
Police say the driver collided several vehicles before fleeing the scene. No one was seriously injured.
A Belmont man was arrested Wednesday evening for hit and run, and driving under the influence (DUI), after colliding with three vehicles in the 2000 block of Ralston Avenue, just east of Alameda de las Pulgas.
The suspected driver, Jesse Heapes, 31, was arrested at his Belmont home shortly after the incident. Police say witnesses who provided them with a license plate number and vehicle description were instrumental in helping them locate the suspect.
Captain Pat Halleran of the Belmont Police Department said that at about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to a report of a hit and run traffic accident.
Find out what's happening in Belmontwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Responding officers determined the suspect’s vehicle was a Ford SUV that had been turning right from southbound Alameda de las Pulgas onto eastbound Ralston Avenue. Police say the Ford struck the southeast curb of the intersection, then continued east jumping the center median and colliding with an Infinity sedan that was waiting to make the turn.
After colliding with the Infinity, police say the Ford continued eastbound down the median colliding head-on with a 2011 Subaru station wagon, pushing it into a Toyota sedan that was behind the Subaru. After colliding with the Subaru, the Ford SUV fled eastbound on Ralston Avenue.
Find out what's happening in Belmontwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
San Mateo County Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and checked the drivers and occupants of the three vehicles. The drivers of the Infinity and the Toyota were not injured.
The driver of the Subaru, a 52 year- old Belmont woman, was treated at the scene for non-life threating injuries and was not transported to the hospital. Two juvenile passengers in the Subaru were checked by paramedics and found to be uninjured.
Witnesses to the accident provided police with the license plate number for the Ford, and officers located it in the 2300 block of Coronet Boulevard. The suspect, Heapes, was contacted nearby at his residence and was taken into custody without incident.
Heapes was not injured in the collisions and he was booked into the San Mateo County Jail for Hit & Run causing injury (Felony) and Felony DUI.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
