COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Columbus Police Department (CPD) took into custody a Bartholomew County man for supposedly driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a three-vehicle accident on Sunday evening.
Officers were dispatched to a property damage crash near 10th Street and Central Avenue at around 7:20 p.m. CPD noted that the driver of one of the cars involved in the crash, Matthew A. Baird, 19, of Columbus, appeared to be under the influence of an intoxicant.
Police administered several field sobriety tests to the suspect and arrested him. He refused to submit to a chemical test. The officers applied for and later received a warrant for a blood draw and while at Columbus Regional Health, a portable breath sample was provided by Baird which allegedly registered 0.232%. A blood sample was also obtained.
Baird was discharged from the hospital, transported to Bartholomew County Jail, and preliminarily charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and being a minor in possession of alcohol.
