Soap Actress Jensen Buchanan Arrested For Alleged DUI Crash That Injured Another Driver

SANTA BARBARA (CBSLA.com) —  Soap actress Jensen Buchanan, who most recently appeared in the recurring role of Judge Elise Moxley on CBS's "The Young and the Restless," has been arrested for an alleged  DUI crash that left the other driver with injuries, the CHP said in a report.

Wednesday morning, around 6:20, Buchanan was reportedly driving her black 2016 Mercedes east on State Route 154, in Buelton, near Santa Barbara.

Officials said her vehicle drifted across a double yellow line and slammed into  a white 2014 Ford C-Max which was going west.

Buchanan and the driver of the other vehicle were both taken to Cottage Hospital as a result of their injuries.

The CHP said her injuries were minor but that the 56-year-old Camarillo man in the Ford is being treated for "major injuries." They did not specify the extent of his injuries.

Buchanan was later arrested for DUI.

The route was closed for nearly 20 minutes as a result of the crash, the CHP said.

Buchanan, now 53, made a name for herself in the daytime world in 1993 playing twins Vicky and Marley, a dual role also played formerly by Anne Heche.

She popularized other roles on "One Life to Live" (playing Sarah Gordon Buchanan, the same last name was just a coincidence) from 1987-90 and "General Hospital" (Melissa Bedford) from 2001-2202.

On "Y&R" she's appeared a handful of times since November 2015 playing a judge who reveals a shocking conflict of interest in a case she was hearing -- the fact she once had an adulterous affair with Victor Newman, the defendant's grandfather back in the day. She last appeared about a month ago to reveal that revelation led to her marriage ending.