Morgantown man arrested after South Park crash

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Morgantown police arrested a motorist for DUI following an early election day crash.

Morgantown police said at 1 a.m. they received a report of a pick up truck that had run off the road and into a yard in he 1000 block of Grand Street in South Park. Witnesses gave police a description of the suspect and told them he fled toward Dorsey Avenue.

Within a few minutes police located Christopher Linger, 28, of Morgantown, based on evidence at the scene Linger was arrested and charged with DUI. Linger also has an outstanding warrant for domestic battery through the West Virginia State Police.