DUI suspect, road workers injured in Rainbow-area crash

RAINBOW – A 24-year-old man was behind bars for allegedly crashing his car into a freeway work zone in the far northern reaches of San Diego County while drunk, injuring himself along with two construction crew members.

Ross Rodgers was headed south on Interstate 15 near Mission Road in the unincorporated Rainbow community about 10:50 p.m. Aug. 26 when his 2008 Toyota Prius veered over traffic cones and entered the closure area where it hit the back end of a stationary 2008 Ford F-250, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A worker behind the wheel of the pickup truck and a second one on...