By Jared Council
EVANSVILLE — A chase that began in Newburgh led to an accident on Evansville’s East Side that sent five people — including an ambulance driver — to the hospital and two people to jail.
According to the Evansville Police Department accident report, 18-year-old Cynthia Bean was driving a 1995 Dodge Dakota west on Lincoln Avenue when she ran a red light at 1:06 a.m. Wednesday and collided with an ambulance headed south on Green River Road.
According to the report, no one else was in the ambulance.
The collision sent both vehicles to the southwest side of the intersection where the truck struck a utility pole and the ambulance came to rest at the sidewalk.
Bean had three passengers with her, all of whom are 18, but none of whom were wearing seatbelts, the report said.
Bean and two of them, Barrett Myles and James Koker, were extricated and taken to
The other passenger, Dillon Neese, was able to get out of the truck on his own and took himself to the hospital, the report said.
The ambulance driver, 23-year-old Cole Goerges, was also taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center.
A hospital official said all except Bean have been treated and released. Bean is in good condition.
Bean told police she was being chased by another car, starting in Newburgh. On scene, Brandon Oldham, 19, told police he was chasing Bean.
Oldham told officers he did so because the people in the truck tried to steal items from his vehicle.
While investigating the accident, officers told Oldham to stay in his car because his walking around distracted them.
Oldham wouldn’t stay in his car, the affidavit said, at one point saying. “I don’t have to. You can’t make me.”
Officers then told Oldham to get in his car or he would be arrested. When he did, an officer shut his door and Oldham opened it up. He told officers he could do it himself and began cursing at them, the affidavit said.
Oldham was then arrested for resisting police.
Oldham’s passenger, 20-year-old Quintin Dormeier, was arrested for alleged public intoxication.
He also refused police orders to get in the car and police told him to walk to a nearby gas station and call for a ride.
Dormeier could not walk in a straight line and had slurred speech, the affidavit said.
Tyrone Wood, the investigating officer, works third shift and was not available to comment on how Neese got to the hospital and whether citations or charges for anyone in the truck are expected.
Oldham and Dormeier were later released after posting $100 and $50 bonds, respectively.
