An Indianapolis man is accused of driving off after causing a crash that damaged two other vehicles in Highland in December.
Loyce Lamar Ware, 23, is charged with failure of duty involving an injury, a Level 6 felony.
Around 4 p.m. on Dec. 23, Highland Police responded to the site of a vehicle collision at Lincoln Street and Indianapolis Boulevard, where one of the vehicles involved fled the scene, according to the probable cause affidavit.
A woman said she was driving north in the center turn lane on Indianapolis Boulevard near Lincoln Street when a dark-colored sedan turned left from Lincoln Street to get on southbound Indianapolis Boulevard. He struck the front bumper of her white Infiniti SUV, causing her car to cross into oncoming traffic and get struck by a white 2020 Ford, court records state. The woman’s passenger complained of pain to her head and chest; she was transported for treatment at Community Hospital.
The woman driving the 2020 Ford said she was approaching the Martha Street intersection on Indianapolis Boulevard when she saw a Chevrolet Impala stick the front bumper of the Infiniti SUV, causing her vehicle to strike it, records state. Meanwhile, she saw the Impala flee the scene.
Surveillance video from a nearby car wash showed the Impala stopped in its parking lot before pulling out and turning left, colliding with the SUV, the affidavit states. The Impala came to a stop after the crash and Ware was seen exiting the driver’s side of his vehicle. He then re-entered the car and drove off, records state.
Video showed the Impala’s license plate number which was registered to Ware of Indianapolis.