Hit-and-run driver crashes into 2 vehicles before slow-speed chase in New Carlisle

The driver also struck a second car before the gray SUV was spotted in New Carlisle, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

In New Carlisle, the driver ran over a tree on Main Street and left behind the SUV’s bumper before striking a lamppost at Main and Jefferson streets in the city during a brief pursuit with speeds of about 18 mph that ended on Church Street, deputies said.

A deputy and a North Hampton police officer pinned the SUV with their cruisers, the deputy said.

The driver, a man who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital.