Caruthers girls basketball coach arrested for DUI crash, CHP says

CARUTHERS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Anna Almeida is known statewide arsenic a Caruthers High School teacher and caput manager for the authorities champion girls' hoops team.

The California Highway Patrol says astir 5 p.m., Almeida was volunteering astatine the Caruthers Fair successful Fresno County erstwhile she near the fairgrounds impaired portion returning home.

Officers accidental the 44-year-old deed a parked car with idiosyncratic wrong astatine the clip of the clang adjacent Superior and Oak avenues successful Caruthers.

Moments aft hitting the car, Almeida continued to thrust home, wherever she was aboriginal stopped by the CHP.

Investigators accidental the idiosyncratic wrong the car suffered insignificant injuries and Almeida was not hurt.

Officers took Almeida into custody, aboriginal determining she was driving nether the influence. Law enforcement believes she whitethorn person been drinking intoxicant portion volunteering astatine the fair.

She was arrested and bailed retired wrong a fewer hours. The quality astonishing members of the community.

"I cognize that the idiosyncratic progressive successful the mishap was highly committed to the students and the assemblage of Caruthers," Caruthers High School protagonist Jimmy Monreal said.

Almeida dedicates her clip extracurricular of the schoolroom connected the hardwood arsenic caput manager for the Blue Raiders girls' hoops team.

"Individuals that manager aft their presumption of teaching, moving with students daily, enactment successful galore hours for pennies connected the magnitude of time. It's due to the fact that it's done for the emotion and passionateness of the crippled and emotion and passionateness for the students," Monreal said.

Almeida was named Coach of the Year aft securing a large triumph for the programme from a tiny town.

Action News was there erstwhile the Blue Raiders won a authorities title rubric successful Sacramento successful March.

That triumph made sweeter with her girl besides connected the team.

"This feels arsenic arsenic large due to the fact that we really, really, truly had to gain it and it wasn't a 35-point victory," Almeida said successful March.

In summation to coaching, Almeida has held an pedagogue authorization allowing her to supply acquisition to individuals with autism since 2015.

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