Police Make Arrest In Hit And Run Accident

Last updated on Saturday, March 2, 2013

(TERRE HAUTE) - A man is behind bars after a late night hit and run.

Rick Rhodes, of WTHI reports, police say the driver of a Mustang crashed into several parked cars and poles around Terre Haute.

A jailer noticed a car stuck in the mud at State Road 63 and Barnhardt road in northern Vigo County and called police.

That car turned out to belong to the suspect.

Police and K-9 searched the nearby woods for more than an hour.

The K-9 eventually found the suspect, Brandon Orman.

Orman suffered several dog bites, but was treated and taken into custody.

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