Driver arrested after running from overturned truck

Joshua M. Arnett. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department.
Joshua M. Arnett. Photo courtesy of Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.

A driver who allegedly ran away from a rollover accident was found and arrested near the Driftwood River Sunday morning.

Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the accident on Lowell Road and North County Road 250W at just before 9 a.m. Sunday morning and found a truck lying on its side off the roadway. Witnesses said that a man left the accident and ran away into a field near the river.

He was quickly found by deputies and was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment before being taken to jail.

30-year-old Joshua M. Arnett of Maple Street in Columbus is facing preliminary charges of leaving the scene of an accident, operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license. operating a vehicle while intoxicated, possession of methamphetamine and failing to appear in court on a Bartholomew County warrant.