Two Michigan City residents have been arrested after taking off from the scene of a crash in northwest Indiana.
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The collision happened on Saturday,. March 13, on I-80/94 in Lake Station.
A man and woman reported to have taken off from a car involved in the crash were walking on the other side of the interstate.
Police determined their car struck a semi.
When officers caught up to Anthony Hampton, 21, and Mersadis Schroder, 24, both were carrying bags, but claimed they didn’t know whose bags they were or what was inside.
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Inside Schroder’s bags was a scale, baggies, paraphernalia and some lighters.
The two were taken to the Lake County Jail on a slew of drug and crash-related charges.