Dru Hinson

(KAIR)--A Cummings man is injured, and an Atchison man jailed, after an alleged attempt to flee after their vehicle smashed into a Jackson County residence.

Sheriff Tim Morse says a Ford Edge was spotted around 10:30 Friday night, west of Circleville, going in and out of a ditch just east of J. Road.

When deputies arrived, they discovered 22-year-old Cummings resident Brandon Michael Vander Ross as a passenger in the vehicle.

Suffering from disabling injuries, Ross was transported for treatment, first to Holton Community Hospital and then to a Topeka hospital.

Investigators learned that Ross suffered the injuries when the car earlier smashed into the side of a Circleville home, located at 25386 K-79 Highway. Morse says that happened when the eastbound car, driven by 20-year-old Atchison resident Dru Hinson, left 254th Road at the intersection of the highway, went airborne, and then crashed through an iron fence and then into the side of the home.

Although the residents were inside, they were not hurt.

Morse says Hinson was spotted fleeing into a field, west of Circleville, and then into a brushy, wooded area along Elk Creek.

Not knowing Hinson's medical condition in the cold temperatures, Morse says an extensive search was launched, including the use of a Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter, and assistance from the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office and the Potawatomi Tribal Police

According to Morse, Hinson was located hiding in a residence at 101 Mill Street, in Circleville, near Elk Creek.

Apparently not injured in the earlier wreck, Hinson was arrested, and booked into the Jackson County Jail.

He faces charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container, minor in possession of alcohol, leaving the scene of an injury accident, and aggravated battery.