After a Bloomfield man crashed a truck on a county road, he told a deputy his buddy was driving but he ran off into the woods after the crash. It was a good story but the deputy didn’t fall for it.

Nathan W. Parsley, 27, Bloomfield, is being summoned to appear in Greene Superior Court in early July for an initial hearing on preliminary charges of driving while suspended – a knowing violation with a prior conviction within 10 years, a Class A misdemeanor, and operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility with a prior, a Class C misdemeanor.

The crash occurred on Tuesday afternoon, May 5, on County Road 800 West, about 310 feet south of County Road 75 North.

Deputy Jordan Allor of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched a little before 4 p.m. Parsley had called 911 and said he was just involved in an accident and he said the driver had fled the scene. He told the dispatcher the driver’s name and he gave more details. He said the driver was wearing a blue and white polo shirt, blue jeans, and a pair of red Nike shoes.

When Deputy Allor arrived, along with Deputies Camron Frye and Michael Coy, Parsley and a woman were standing next to a wrecked white 2003 Ford F-150 with a temporary license plate.

According to Deputy Allor, Parsley told him his buddy was driving and they were on their way from Linton to Switz City to pick up his child and something jumped out in front of the truck, which caught the side of the road, then hit a telephone pole. He said they all got out and then his buddy ran off into the woods. Parsley gave the man’s name again and said the man lived in Monroe County.

The deputies checked around and couldn’t find any tracks in the grass leading into the woods.

Deputy Allor talked to Parsley some more, and reported Parsley then admitted he had been the driver and that he ran off the road and hit the pole.

Records revealed Parsley’s driver’s license was suspended and he has a prior conviction for driving while suspended in March of 2019 in Greene County. He also has a prior conviction for operating a vehicle without proof of financial responsibility.