Accident in Red Oak – driver flees but is arrested

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March 30th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Red Oak Police responded at around 7-p.m. Thursday, to an accident in the 500 block of East Market Street, where a vehicle struck a tree. Witnesses told Officers the driver took off on foot, but he was located a short time later in the 300 block of E. Market Street, with the assistance of the Montgomery County K9 Unit. An investigation resulted in the arrest of 32-year old Jacob Wayne Dykes-Vargas, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody for Driving While Suspended, and cited for Failure to have insurance/accident related. Dykes-Vargas was brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his bond was set at $566.