Police: Lewisberry hit-and-run driver hid in brush
He is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, hit and run, causing an injury accident while not properly licensed, causing an accident to an attended vehicle, failing to stop and provide information or render aid, failing to notify police of an injury crash, careless driving, driving at an unsafe speed, failing to stay on the right side of the road, driving with a DUI-suspended license and driving without insurance.
That other driver,
The crash: Altland told police he was southbound on
"The vehicle was traveling at such a high rate of speed the tires ... were squealing," charging documents state.
The Mercury crossed the center line and crashed into Altland's Chevrolet Colorado, which sustained heavy damage and was disabled, police said.
Fetterolf walked over to Altland and said he needed to move his vehicle, but that's the last Altland saw of him at the scene, according to police.
Officers found an empty bottle of JƤgermeister on the floor of the Mercury and an open can of beer in a book bag that was on the front passenger seat, police allege.
"There were multiple documents in the vehicle that had Fetterolf's name on (them)," charging documents state, as well as his wallet.
Police said Fetterolf's license is suspended for having a DUI.
Just 'driving around': Fetterolf went to the police station the day after the crash and initially gave police a "false story" about where he was at the time of the crash, according to charging documents.
He then told officers he was "driving around trying to get his mind off some personal things in his life" when he struck Altland's truck, police said.
"Fetterolf said he then became scared of the situation and he fled the scene on foot," documents state.
He told officers he hid in some nearby brush and waited there until police cleared the scene, police said.
"Fetterolf then told me multiple times that he messed up and he should not have done that," Officer
He was arraigned on his charges
-- Reach
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