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Wrong-way interstate driver crashed in Shelbyville, fled on foot, found asleep

A report of a wrong-way vehicle on the interstate led to a short pursuit for Shelby County law enforcement and then a crash into a Shelbyville dental office.

 

The sheriff's office received calls of a vehicle eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-74.  As deputies responded they were alerted that the car was near the 113 mile marker and continuing on I-74 in the wrong direction.  Deputies paralleled the car from the westbound lanes and the car eventually left the interstate onto State Road 44.  A short pursuit followed but the suspect vehicle was lost.

 

 

It would be found a short time later involved in a crash at South Tompkins and West Broadway involving another vehicle.  One vehicle went off the street into the Caring Family Dentistry office, 125 West Broadway.  The other vehicle ended up against the outside wall of a nearby home.

 

 

The suspect ran from the scene.  He was located later, asleep, outside of a residence at 629 South West. 

 

Initial charges against Micheal Rinthalukay, of Ohio, include Level 6 felonies of criminal recklessness and fleeing law enforcement in a vehicle.  There's no word at this time if alcohol or other substances were involved.

 

No injuries were reported.

 

 

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