ISHPEMING, MI-- An Ishpeming man has been arrested for crashing his vehicle into a school building.
City Police say Saturday around 1:47 a.m. they found a Jeep Cherokee had struck Central School on Pearl Street and was sticking partway into a classroom. The driver had fled the scene.
Witnesses say the vehicle had been southbound on Third Street at a high rate of speed when the driver suddenly hit the brakes and struck the building.
Police located the 29-year-old driver at his home on New York Street and took him into custody. The suspect was lodged at the Marquette County Jail for operating under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of an accident, and attempted resisting and obstructing police.