A local man was arrested on multiple charges after he was accused of being involved in a hit-and-run crash and later leading officers on a high-speed pursuit.
Columbus police were called to the crash at 10th Street and National Road at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman. A witness said the suspect who fled from the scene was driving a black Chevrolet Camaro.
Officers, assisted by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputies, spotted the Camaro a short time later and attempted to stop it, Harris said.
The driver — later identified as Dustan A. Phares, 36, of 9825 N. Marr Road — would not stop for officers and continued traveling north on Taylor Road, at times at speeds more than 100 mph, Harris said.
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Phares lost control of the vehicle near Marr Road and County Road 450N when his vehicle overturned into a farm field, Harris said. Phares then fled on foot and was arrested after he was found hiding in the field, Harris said.
Phares showed signs of intoxication and was transported to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries from the crash, Harris said. Officers applied for a search warrant for a blood draw that was later done at the hospital.
He was arrested on preliminary charges of felony resisting law enforcement in a vehicle, and misdemeanor charges of resisting law enforcement, misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving, criminal mischief and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, jail officials said.
Phares was being held in the Bartholomew County Jail in lieu of $31,000 bond, jail officials said.
