A White Haven man has been charged with causing a crash that resulted in injuries after he attempted to avoid police because his license was suspended.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Jacob Dinkelacker of the Kidder Township Police Department in the case against David Parker Jr.:

At 7:55 p.m. Jan. 27, Dinkelacker was dispatched to Route 940 for a crash and found the victim and a witness standing on the eastbound side of Route 940. The victim was bleeding from his head, and said he was in a crash but didn’t know what happened.

The man’s black 2012 Mercedes-Benz was about 12 feet down an embankment off to the north side of Route 940 west.

The witness said a white vehicle down the road was also involved. He said he saw a man exiting the driver’s side but did not witness the crash.

Dinkelacker located the white Chevrolet Impala but the driver was gone.

Dinkelacker recognized the car from past incidents and was aware that Parker, 30, regularly drives the vehicle despite having a suspended driver’s license, and has a history of fleeing the scene of crashes.

The car had damage to the front passenger side, and an open can of SpaghettiOs on the driver’s seat.

SpaghettiOs were all over the inside of the car.

The victim was transported by Lake Harmony EMS to Wilkes-Barre Geisinger Hospital. Dinkelacker later found the victim’s injuries were more serious, and the victim had to be intubated.

Kidder Township Police officer Jonathan Yaskiewicz talked to the registered owner who said Parker was driving her car.

Dinkelacker determined Parker struck the victim’s vehicle, causing him to go airborne, striking a tree and falling about 12 feet, coming to a final resting place, which resulted in what was later determined to be life-threatening injuries.

Parker had an active arrest warrant at the time of the crash, and the vehicle’s registration had expired in December. This was the third violation that Parker had for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked.

Dinkelacker went to Parker’s residence a few times but he wasn’t home.

On Jan. 29, Dinkelacker went to his residence and talked to a woman who admitted in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

The woman said they were traveling east on Route 940 to pick up her child in Blakeslee, and that Parker was eating SpaghettiOs’s at the time.

When approaching the intersection of Interstate 80, they saw a police car parked along Route 940 and that Parker turned around because he was afraid to drive past the police car because he had a suspended license.

Police said Parker crossed a double yellow line and was almost struck by a vehicle in the oncoming traffic lane. He swerved back into the westbound lane striking the rear of the victim’s vehicle. Parker coasted to a stop and both he and the woman ran from the car.

On Monday, officers of the Kidder Township Police Department were involved in another incident with Parker. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Parker, which resulted in him fleeing police and alluding capture.

Officers called Parker on his cellphone and attempted to have Parker turn himself in. Parker said, “I don’t know why you’re after me (it) was only a traffic accident.”

Parker was arraigned Thursday and is incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $7,500 bail.

He faces charges of flight to avoid apprehension, trail or punishment; accident involving death of personal injury while not properly licensed and traffic violations.

He is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Feb 28 before District Judge Joseph D. Homanko Sr. of Weatherly.