By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A local man was arrested and a Texas man was taken to the hospital after a traffic stop west of Salina Monday night.
Saline County Sheriff's Captain Jim Hughes said this morning that a deputy pulled a car over for speeding at approximately 9:45 p.m. Monday in the 2700 block of S. Burma Road. While the deputy was talking with the driver and a passenger, he discovered a 46-year-old man from Texas lying in the back seat.
The driver, identified as Thomas Fletcher, 22, of Salina, told the deputy he was taking the man to the hospital because he had fallen off the structure at Coronado Heights in far southern Saline County. Hughes said EMS was called and they transported the man to Salina Regional Health Center with non-life-threatening injuries. There were no indications of foul play, he added.
Fletcher was arrested on the following requested charges, Hughes said.
●Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
●Possession of marijuana
●Possession of drug paraphernalia
●Speeding
Another passenger in the vehicle, Shade McLean, 22, of Salina, was cited for having an open container, Hughes said.