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Last updated on Thursday, June 25, 2015
(JASPER CO.) - A hit and run crash on I-65, early Tuesday morning, ended with two people being injured and one being arrested.
According to an Indiana State Police report by Master Trooper Martin Benner at approximately 7 a.m., a 2012 Chevrolet Colorado pickup, driven by 69-year-old Allen R Johnson of Afton, Tennessee, was northbound on I-65 at the 222 mile marker (this is two miles north of the Fair Oaks exit) in the right lane when the next thing he knew his pickup was sent into the bushes/trees on the east side of the road.
Trooper Andrew Rasala who was on his way to assist Trooper Benner came across a 2015 Nissan Murano who had extensive front end damage parked on the shoulder north bound at the 224 mile marker. The driver, 43-year-old James Holliman of Dayton, Ohio, told the trooper he had to go off the roadway because of encountering slower moving traffic and hit a guardrail or road sign. He also told Rasala that he had called AAA to come tow his vehicle.
Benner realized that there was white paint transfer on the Colorado pickup, he also located car debris that later matched the Nissan and there was a trail of antifreeze leading from the scene.
Police say the Nissan had come up behind the pickup hitting it in the rear sending the pickup into the bushes/trees. The Nissan continued driving northbound until it was forced to stop because of the front end damage it sustained.
During the impound inventory on the Nissan, Troopers Benner and Rasala located approximately 1.5 pounds of marijuana, paraphernalia, and two loaded firearms.
Johnson was taken to Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer with non-life threatening injuries. His vehicle was totaled and had to be towed from the scene.
Holliman was also taken to Jasper County Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Upon being released he was taken to the Jasper County Jail where he was charged with:
Assisting: Rensselaer Fire Department, Prompt Ambulance, Cheevers Towing and Farneys Towing
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