Jul 08, 2021

Jeep does donut in gravel lot, damages pickup, business door

Posted Jul 08, 2021 5:08 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

Police are looking for the driver of a Jeep that damaged a pickup and a business door in north Salina Tuesday afternoon.

Josh Dawson, 58, of Salina, reported that at approximately 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, a blue Jeep entered the gravel parking lot at Gleason & Son Signs, 2440 N. Ninth Street, at a high rate of speed and spun around, kicking up gravel, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.

The incident damaged the passenger side of Dawson's 2014 Dodge Ram pickup, which will cost approximately $2,000 to repaint, Forrester said. Additionally, $200 worth of damage was done to the door of the business, he said.

The incident was captured on surveillance video. The driver of the Jeep was described as being a white male with black hair and glasses, Forrester said. The Jeep was possibly a 1987 or 1988 model, he added.

Forrester said that when police ran the license plate from the Jeep, it came back as being on a KIA Optima from Overland Park.