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Sought-after driver found and arrested

Search and rescue crews respond to an accident that resulted in an SUV driving off the road and landing in Oneida Valley Reservoir early Thursday morning. Butler County Rescue Team 300 ,Oneida Valley Volunteer Fire Department and other first responders spent the morning searching the reservoir and surrounding area looking for the vehicle's driver. The search was called off shortly after 10 a.m. without finding the driver. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle 03/31/22

OAKLAND TWP — State police confirmed the driver of an SUV that plunged into Oneida Valley Reservoir around 4 a.m. Thursday has been found and arrested.

Police searched for the driver most of Thursday and confirmed his arrest around 5 p.m. The driver has yet to be identified, but police said he was arrested for an active warrant as well as new charges related to the crash.

Police, firefighters and water rescue teams spent about six hours investigating and searching the area around a crashed SUV that was found mostly submerged in the Oneida Valley Reservoir.

No one was located during the search. Details about the man’s arrest were not immediately available.

A car was found in the water Oneida Valley Reservoir at 4:21 a.m. Thursday in Oakland Township. Oneida Valley Fire Department photo 03-31-2022
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