BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A 20-year-old Battle Creek man
is in jail after leading police on a high speed chase while driving drunk.
It happened early Saturday morning just after 3 a.m.
According to a release from the Calhoun County
Sheriff’s Office, a Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputy tried to stop the vehicle
in the area of Dickman Road and Forest Street on an number of driving
violations.
As the deputy turned around to pull the vehicle over
it sped away, reaching speeds of about 100 mph.
Police say when the vehicle turned from Dickman Road
onto SW Capital Avenue the deputy lost sight of it.
Several officers from the Battle Creek Police
Department were called out to help track down the vehicle.
Around 3:25 a.m. the vehicle was found crashed
into a building in the area of Riverside Drive and Dickman Road.
Police searched the area and found the driver
walking nearby.
The driver was brought to Bronson Battle Creek
Hospital for minor injuries and has since been lodged in the Calhoun County
Jail.
He is being held on pending charges
of operating while intoxicated (OWI), fleeing and eluding, and leaving the
scene of an accident.
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