By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
MENTOR - An Assaria teen was arrested after a pickup he was driving went off the road and into a drainage ditch early Saturday morning.
Camden Spano-Lund, 18, of Assaria, was westbound in the 2500 block of E. Mentor Road in a 2000 Chevrolet 1500 pickup when he failed to navigate a curve, went across a field, and dropped into a drainage ditch, Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said this morning. The pickup came to rest on its tires in four feet of water.
The accident occurred at approximately 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Spano-Lund was able to get out of the pickup and walked toward a residence near Mentor. A person there called 911.
Spano-Lund was transported by EMS to Salina Regional Health Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Melander said. After treatment, Spano-Lund was booked into the Saline County Jail on the following requested charges, Melander said.
●Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
●Possession of marijuana
●Possession of drug paraphernalia
●Possession of liquor by an underaged person
Melander said that the Salina Fire Department rescue team also responded and was able to successfully rescue a cat that was in the pickup.