A 37-year-old Costa Mesa man has been arrested on suspicion of DUI after he hit two girls in a marked crosswalk as they walked to school in Orange, according to a news report.
Mitchell Gordon Cupery left the scene of the accident and was discovered later by Orange police hiding in a plastic trashcan in the back yard of a nearby home. He has been charged with hit-and-run with permanent injury, driving under the influence causing bodily injury, resisting arrest and driving on a suspended license.
The girls, 12 and 13 years old, were on their way to Yorba Middle School at the time of the accident. Both sustained injuries and were taken to a local hospital; the 13-year-old girl remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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