SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (ABC4) — A man has been arrested by South Salt Lake Police and faces several charges that stem from a crash that happened on 3900 South at the State Street intersection.
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Lutolofi Marcel Maama, 27, faces the following charges:
Assault on a peace officer/military force that produces death/injury
Receive or transfer of stolen vehicle
Fail to stop at command of law enforcement
Failure to stop or respond at the command of police
Providing peace officer false personal information — actual person
Possession of a controlled substance schedule I/II/analog
Failure to remain at accident involving injury
Negligently operating a vehicle resulting in injury
DUI — first offense in ten years
Driving on denied license
Use or possession of drug paraphernalia
Failure to comply duties at vehicle accident/property damage
Officers observed a stolen Chevrolet pickup truck pull into a parking lot near 4000 S. Main Street. Police believe Maama to have been the driver. He reportedly put the truck into reverse and headed north toward 3900 South and State Street where he ran a red light and crashed into a Nissan Rogue. The driver of that Nissan Rogue was injured and taken to a local hospital for those injuries.
Maama fled the vehicle and ran from the scene on foot, before police eventually took him into custody not far from the scene of the crash. Police found his license to be revoked.
Maama told police that he had used fentanyl and methamphetamine and that he had fentanyl on his person. He also allegedly told police that he knew the truck was stolen.
Maama was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on the aforementioned charges.
Charges are allegations only. All arrested persons are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.