By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina man was arrested Monday morning after a car he was driving crashed and came to rest on a no-parking sign.
At 8:40 a.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to Oakdale Park for the report of a fight. When they arrived in the area, they found a single-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Kenwood Park Drive and YMCA Drive, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
Witnesses told police that a man and a woman had walked away from the crash. Based on the witnesses' descriptions, an officer located the two nearby. Forrester said the man, identified as Jimmy Wells, 34, of Salina, appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. Witnesses and others who were in the vehicle identified Wells as the driver of the wrecked 2010 Ford Fusion.
Forrester said passengers in the Fusion told police that Wells was driving too fast and when he attempted to turn onto YMCA Drive from Kenwood Park Drive, the southbound car crossed into the northbound lane, went up over the curb, and became high-centered on a no parking sign.
Wells was arrested on the following requested charges, Forrester said.
●Felony driving under the influence
●Failure to report an accident
●Driving with a suspended driver's license
●No proof of insurance
●Transporting an open container
●Driving on the left side of the roadway
The car sustained front-end damage.