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Editor: Bob Battle
Profession: DUI Defense Lawyer

California's CBS-13 reports that, according to police, a father from Sacramento, California has been arrested after he got into a DUI crash and fled the scene, leaving his young daughter behind, bleeding.

According to Sacramento Police, on July 19, they received a call at approximately 3 a.m. reporting the accident. Upon arrival, police say they discovered a vehicle which had crashed into a pole and driven through a fence. Inside the car, they discovered a three-year-old girl with a bloody nose.

Police called upon the services of the K9 units, who discovered A. Fou Saelee, the girl's 27-year-old father, intoxicated and hiding in a boat.

Police arrested Saelee on charges of driving under the influence, child endangerment, and hit-and-run with injury.