BATON ROUGE, LA : Man arrested for fifth DWI after causing crash and fleeing hospital on Sunday, 30th December 2018
A man was arrested on his fifth DWI offense and for other charges after he caused a crash and then fled a hospital while his wounds were being treated, according to the Louisiana State Police.
Authorities had arrested Jonathan L. Nash, 35, of Baton Rouge, after they say he caused a crash at around 10 p.m. in West Baton Rouge Parish.
The crash involved two-vehicles on US Highway 190 west of LA Highway 415. Troopers reported that Nash was driving eastbound on US Hwy 190 in a 2004 Ford F-150, when he rear-ended an eastbound Dodge Ram pickup pulling a trailer.
Nash’s vehicle left the roadway and went into a ditch. The Dodge driver was not injured in the crash.
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