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ISP: I-65 hit-and-run leads to drug and gun charges

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Two persons were injured Tuesday in a hit-and-run accident on I-65 in Jasper County, the Indiana State Police said.

According to police, at 7 a.m. James Hollman, 43, of Dayton, Ohio, was northbound on I-65, two miles north of the Fair Oaks exit, when he rear-ended a pickup truck--sending it and its driver into a wooded area on the east side of the roadway--then continued northbound, until heavy front-end damage forced him to stop.

Hollman subsequently told the trooper who made contact with him that he’d encountered slower traffic and, in order to avoid a collision, had veered off the road, where he’d struck a guardrail or sign instead. Hollman also said that he’d called AAA for a tow.

The trooper who responded to the scene of the rear-ended pickup truck, however, found white paint transfer on the truck, police said. In addition, he recovered debris from Hollman’s Nissan and was able to follow a trail of antifreeze leading from the scene, police said.

On further investigation, approximately one and a half pounds of marijuana was found in Johnson’s Nissan as well as two loaded firearms, police said.

After being medically cleared at Jasper County Hospital, Johnson was booked into the Jasper County Jail on charges of leaving the scene of a personal injury crash, dealing marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, police said.

 

Posted 6/24/2015

 
 
 
 
 

 

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