MORAINE — Correction: In a previous version of this story, Moraine Police identified the suspect as Joshua Mallory, but police officials confirmed Saturday that the suspect’s name is Joshua Mowery.
Dash camera video shows a wrong-way driver taking off from police and causing a deadly crash.
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Just before noon on Thursday, a Moraine police officer attempted to stop 36-year-old Joshua Mowery.
Mowery took off from the police.
The officer did not chase Mowery, but he drove up to the deadly scene.
Mowery’s jeep hit 60-year-old Richard Craft’s vehicle.
911 callers told officers Mowery ran from the crash.
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While officers searched for him, firefighters peeled back a car roof to get to Craft.
Firefighters attempted life-saving measures, but Craft died on the scene.
Officers found Mowery and took him to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Friday afternoon, charges of felony counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to comply were filed against him.
Mowery is still in the hospital and, once released, will be placed behind bars.
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