Teen arrested after crash injures 16-year-old

Brandon Dunbar
Brandon Dunbar

A Columbus teen was arrested early Sunday morning after a crash seriously injured a 16-year-old.

Bartholomew County deputies were called to the accident at about 2:30 a.m. yesterday in the 11000 block of West Georgetown Road, where they found an upside down vehicle and the injured 16-year-old lying on the ground, says Judy Jackson, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department. The driver, 19-year-old Brandon Dunbar of Georgetown Road saidt he vehicle ran off the road and then rolled down a hill. Dunbar allegedly told deputies that he had a couple of drinks and had smoked marijuana earlier in the evening.

The victim was flown by helicopter to IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Another passenger, a 14-year-old, was uninjured.

Dunbar was arrested on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury.