A suspect was arrested for a DUI hit and run after crashing into a home in Irvine and setting it on fire

A Honda Civic hit a parked car and then slammed into a residence, where it stopped, on Monday night, in Irvine’s Westpark neighborhood, according to the Irvine Police Department.

The collision started inside the home. The driver, Nicholas Ashton Perez, 20, of Orange, and his female passenger fled after the collision.

Our Orange County Fire Authority partners extinguished the fire while officers searched for the two people.

Perez and the female were quickly found a few streets away.

Perez was arrested and booked at Orange County Jail for felony DUI and Felony hit and run.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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