A Columbus man is being accused of causing a four-vehicle crash in downtown yesterday morning, while driving drunk.

Police say that 23-year old Jonathan Z. Burge sped into the intersection at 8th and Washington streets at about 8 a.m. yesterday morning, ignoring the traffic signal. He crashed into the back of a vehicle at the stoplight, driven by 32 year old Jacob Atkins of Greenwood and then into two other unoccupied vehicles.

Columbus police say that Burge struggled with officers before being taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Atkins was also taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

Burge was arrested on a preliminary charge of driving while intoxicated.