Casey Amos Floyd, a Mount Pleasant resident and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe member, was released from Central Michigan Community Hospital and lodged in the Isabella County Jail after police determined he intentionally rear-ended a car, said Dave Sabuda, Mount Pleasant Police Department public information officer.

Floyd is being held on $1 million bond.

Four women also were transported to CMCH as a result of the accident on Mount Pleasant’s west side.

Police officials were told by CMCH three of the victims have been released and one remains hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, but will require surgery.

The accident was the result of a previous argument between Floyd and one of the passengers, with whom he had a prior dating relationship with, police said.

‘High rate of speed’

Sabuda said Floyd was under the influence of alcohol at the time and also is being charged with four counts of malicious destruction, assault with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop at the scene of an accident, two Operating While Intoxicated counts, resisting and obstructing a police officer and felonious driving.

Officers from the MPPD and the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department were called to investigate the accident. MPPD Officer Don Sytsema was present and said it appeared a black Ford was rear-ended by a speeding SUV.

“The vehicle was stopped at a stop sign, and a car came up behind it and hit it,” he said.

A large number of local residents watched outside of the taped area for much of the evening as officers investigated the scene, which stretched several blocks north and south on Adams Street to Lyons Street.
Several people in the area were questioned by police.

“Witnesses had him traveling and accelerating at a high rate of speed,” Sabuda said.

The Ford was rear-ended and launched forward to the grass in front of a house. Floyd’s SUV continued farther down the street and eventually struck a parked vehicle and a house after he initially attempted to flee the scene of the accident, police said.

Floyd was later detained by police.

Employees from Consumers Energy and Charter Communications also arrived to repair the damaged utility pole struck by the victim’s vehicle, which caused a temporary neighborhood blackout.

Floyd was arraigned at Isabella County Trial Court but, because he is a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, the case could be transferred to the Tribal Court system. That matter will be discussed between judges and prosecutors, Sabuda said.

Officers from the Mount Pleasant Police Department and the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department were called to investigate the scene of the accident, which was near the intersection of Broadway and Adams Streets, just west of the city’s downtown district.

MPPD Officer Don Sytsema said it appeared one car–a black Ford–had been rear-ended at a very high speed by a larger SUV.

“The vehicle was stopped at a stop sign, and a car came up behind it and hit it,” he said.

The car that was rear-ended was launched far forward and wound up on the grass in front of a house. The speeding SUV eventually crashed itself into a house after initially attempting to flee the scene of the accident, police said.

Employees from Consumers Energy and Charter Communications also arrived to repair a utility pole that had been struck by the launched car, causing a neighborhood blackout.

A large number of local residents watched outside of the taped area for a large portion of the evening, as officers investigated the scene, which stretched several blocks north and south on Adams Street, all the way down to Lyons Street.

There were four females in the car that was hit, and one male in the other. The seriousness of their injuries have not yet been determined.

It is still unknown whether alcohol or drugs were involved.

Police were still investigating the situation late Wednesday night and plan to release further information at a later time.

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