Terre Haute man arrested after hit-and-run on city's north side

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McCormick/Vigo Co,. Jail

By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News

A Terre Haute man faces multiple charges after police say he fled from the scene of a crash on the city's north side this evening.

Chris E. McCormick, 31, was booked into the Vigo County Jail at around 7 p.m.   Preliminary charges include habitual traffic violator, operator never licensed, leaving the scene of an accident  and resisting law enforcement.

According to Assistant Chief Shawn Keen, of the Terre Haute Police Department, McCormick was traveling northbound on 13th Street near Third Avenue at about 5 p.m. when he disregarded the light and struck another vehicle.

"McCormick then crashed into a tree row on the northeast corner of the intersection before fleeing eastbound on Third Avenue," Keen said, adding that a THPD officer located the suspect at 14th Street and Third Avenue a short time later.

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