Paso Robles police responded to reports of a traffic collision Monday night.
It happened at Creston Road and Cedarwood Drive at around 9:40 p.m.
When officers arrived, they said two people were injured and the suspect had left the scene in his car.
An officer was able to find the vehicle and the driver, identified as 47-year-old "Nicacio Antonio Mendoza" of Paso Robles, and pull him over.
Officers determined Mendoza was intoxicated and he was arrested for felony DUI and felony hit and run.
The two people involved in the crash were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Mendoza was booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail.
