The man accused of fleeing the scene of a fiery crash in Meriden and prompting a manhunt on Tuesday is being held on $62,500 bond.
Mark Martin was with a female passenger when police pulled him over for having the wrong plate marker on his red Hyundai Elantra, police said. When the officer approached the car, Martin drove away and hit a police cruiser in the downtown area of Meriden, according to police.
The officer was not hurt, but was unable to restart his car so he called radioed others units to go after the Elantra, according to Meriden police. Responding officers found that Martin was involved in a fiery crash with a silver BMW on Grove and Foster Street and ran from the scene, police said.
Meriden undercover detectives found Martin at his home at 4 Geer Ave. and he surrendered.
He was charged with two counts of evading responsibility, misuse of plates, operating under suspension, not having insurance, stop sign violation and disobeying the signal of an officer, Sgt. Darrin McKay told NBC Connecticut.
Martin also had two outstanding second-degree failure to appear warrants out of Bristol, police said.
