Update to Saturday’s DUI crash in Capay

By Larry Judkins

Glenn County Observer

Capay District – A little more is known now than before regarding Saturday’s crash on County Road 9 at First Avenue.

According to the California Highway Patrol, at about 3:15 p.m. on April 10, a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup was traveling east – not west as previously stated on The Observer’s website ‑ on County Road 9 at First Avenue.

The driver, now identified as Martin Castellon-Delgado, 32, of Orland (according to the CHP) or 851 Pomona Avenue, Chico (according to the Glenn County Jail), stated that another driver, traveling westbound, came into his lane, so he swerved to avoid a collision.

Castellon-Delgado ran off the road and hit a ditch and his vehicle came to rest on its passenger side. As reported in The Observer on Saturday, the pickup was initially blocking both lanes of County Road 9, but a mechanic’s truck arrived and pulled the Dodge onto its wheels so that it was blocking only the eastbound lane of Road 9.

The Capay Fire Department was dispatched to the scene, but Castellon-Delgado was not injured so the volunteers were soon canceled.

At some point, Pablo Castellon-Delgado, 31, of 755 Humboldt Avenue, Chico, arrived at the scene, driving a GMC Yukon. It is still unclear what involvement, if any, Pablo Castellon-Delgado had in the accident.

Nevertheless, both Castellon-Delgados underwent field sobriety tests, which, apparently, they both failed. Both men were booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges alleging driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, and driving while under the influence of alcohol (both misdemeanors).

The bail for each man was set at $10,000.