Huntingburg high-speed car chase ends in crash

Huntingburg Police arrested a Huntingburg man after he led them on a high-speed car chase through the town on Sunday.

At around 3:50 a.m., an officer noticed a white passenger vehicle driving north on Main Street without headlights. The vehicle also squealed its tires as it turned on Sixth Street. The office drove behind the Citgo on Sixth Street to intercept the vehicle, but the vehicle was traveling so fast it had already crossed the railroad tracks where they cross Sixth at the intersection of Van Buren St.

The officer activated his emergency lights and the vehicle accelerated to an even higher speed and drove into the oncoming lanes of traffic from Washington Street to Clay St. The vehicle swerved across the road and brushed against the curb in front of Dubois Wood Products.

As the vehicle approached Shelby Street, it braked hard, drove over the curb and continued north on Shelby St. The vehicle was going so fast it caught air as it hit the hills on Shelby Street.

When the vehicle came to 907 Shelby Street, it made a hard right turn and hit the curb, leaving the ground before striking a tree head-on in the front yard.

Before the office could get to the vehicle, the driver, identified as 25-year-old Jeffery S. Songer of Huntingburg, pulled himself from the wrecked vehicle. The officer had to order Songer to the ground at Taser-point before arresting him.

Songer was charged with Resisting Law Enforcement with a Motor Vehicle (D Felony) and OWI (.21 BAC). He also received several citations for traffic violations. He was lodged in the Dubois County Security Center.

The Huntingburg Police Department was assisted by the Dubois County Sheriff’s Department.