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Fleeing Scene

Monday, November 26, 2012

Police: Hatfield Man Drives Car Up Utility Pole Cable, Flees Scene

Seth Vandewater, 44, allegedly drove his Ford Mustang up a utility pole support cable at Third Street and Mitchell Avenue Saturday night and then fled the scene. He was charged with suspicion of DUI

A Hatfield man allegedly fled the scene after driving his Ford Mustang up a utility pole support cable at Third Street and Mitchell Avenue Saturday night, and was subsequently charged with suspicion of DUI. Seth Charles Vandewater, 44, of the 1700 block of Walnut Street, was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of DUI and other charges by Lansdale Police. He was released to a relative and will be summoned to court at a later date. On Nov. 24, at around 11:47 p.m., Lansdale Police responded to Third Street and Mitchell Avenue for a single vehicle accident, police said. Police found a 1998 black Ford Mustang suspended upright at an angle onto a utiltiy pole support cable, police said. Witnesses told police they saw Vandewater allegedly …

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