Motor home slams into four cars, driver arrested

MEDIA DISTRICT — A 63-year-old transient man was arrested Tuesday for driving under the influence after his motor home sideswiped at least four cars, causing one to flip onto its side near the intersection of Riverside Drive and Buena Vista Street, authorities said.

Leonid Sokolsky, a transient who lives in his motor home, was navigating a wide right-hand turn onto northbound Buena Vista Street from Riverside Drive at about 8:30 p.m. when he clipped a southbound vehicle, Burbank Police Sgt. Robert Quesada said.

Sokolsky hit three other cars as he crossed the lane northbound, grinding one into the curb where it flipped on its side, Quesada said.

The motorist whose car overturned was treated at the scene for minor injuries, he said.

Sokolsky was arrested and booked on felony DUI charges, Burbank Police Det. Paul Orlowski said. He is being held at the jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.