A Plymouth man was booked into the Marshall County Jail after reportedly running into a pole at 1505 N. Michigan Street and fleeing the scene.
According to a report filed by the Plymouth Police Department, officers arrived at the scene shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Saturday where they found a damaged white Chevrolet Impala without a driver. The vehicle hit a NIPSCO pole at that location and snapped the pole in half. The broken pole fell on top of the car while power lines scattered across N. Michigan Street.
Later that morning police were called to investigate a call of an unsteady man at the corner of Baker Street and Columbus Avenue. The officers were able to determine that the man was the driver of the vehicle in the accident, according to the news release.
Preston Hensley, 42, was taken to the hospital for treatment and then booked into the Marshall County Jail on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and driving while a habitual traffic violator for life.
