Lauren RabainoThe man accused of hitting two security guards with his truck early Sunday morning remains in San Luis Obispo county jail as he awaits word of what will happen next.
Police arrested the 19-year-old man after he reportedly hit two security guards with his truck at the Mustang Village student housing complex before abandoning it nearby.
Charles Dunham, of Victorville, was arrested on suspicion of felony drunk driving and felony hit-and-run and was booked into the county Jail, said the San Luis Obispo Police Department. He remains there on $100,000 bail.
Security guards Michael Leon, 27, and Michael Shipman, 27, were injured after Dunham allegedly hit them with his blue 1984 Chevy S-10 Tahoe truck just before 4:30 a.m. Leon was taken by ambulance to the hospital and treated for moderate injuries.
Shipman sustained only minor injuries and was able to give the truck’s license plate number to police.
The security guards had been trying to flag Dunham down using flashlights because he was driving dangerously through the parking lot at the Foothill Boulevard and Santa Rosa Street complex, police said. Dunham allegedly drove away after the collision and left his vehicle at an adjacent housing complex where it was discovered by a San Luis Obispo police officer.
Dunham fled on foot to a nearby creek bed, but with the assistance of Cal Poly Police he was found and arrested in the creek bed near the 1000 block of Foothill, police said.
According to police, Dunham is not a student at Cal Poly or Cuesta College and he was not a resident at Mustang Village. He reportedly had been staying in San Luis Obispo for a few weeks but is not considered a resident.
Anyone with information about the incident should call the San Luis Obispo Police Department at 781-7317 or Crime Stoppers at 541-STOP.