A pursuit in Creston early Saturday morning resulted in a crash. According to Creston Police a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 31-year-old Melvin Stewart Alexander, of Creston, was involved with a pursuit with officers at around 2:00-a.m. Saturday, when the pickup ran off the road, and in attempts to beat a train at a railroad crossing, struck a railway crossing arm. As Alexander was jumping out of the pickup, the vehicle struck a drainage tube off the Supreme Cleaners parking lot at Montgomery and Division Streets, before coming to rest.

Alexander was not injured in the crash. The pickup sustained $6,000 damage and was declared a total loss. Damage to the railroad crossing arm was estimated at $1,340, while the drainage tube owned by Supreme Cleaners, sustained $50 damage. The police report did not indicate if Alexander was arrested, or will face any charges, despite (according to the report) having operated the vehicle in a “reckless, erratic, careless and/or negligent manner,” and illegally driving around grade crossing gates.