A Cape Coral man has been accused of fleeing from an early morning crash with property damage Saturday morning.

Aaron Olmstead, 28, was charged with driving under the influence (0.15 or higher), DUI property damage, and hit and run after he allegedly crashed his Dodge Challenger along the 4000 block of Coronado Parkway just before 2 a.m.

Cape Coral Police Department officials stated the reporting party called in the crash after she was awoken by a “loud noise that sounded like a crash,” and, when she went outside, saw a car with heavy damage in a parking lot by her home.

Police say the witness told them that when she approached the wreck, she saw “a young white man in a white t-shirt standing in the driver’s side doorway,” and that he “appeared impaired.”

She said as officers were arriving, the person became “alarmed and started running north from the crash site.”

CCPD officials said moments before the crash, another officer with CCPD was in the 900 block of Southeast 47th Terrace when he saw a blue Dodge Challenger peel out and drive west.

“He noticed the driver was speeding and failed to stop at two stop signs before reaching Coronado Parkway and driving north,” police officials said in a release. “The officer noticed as the vehicle drove past that the driver was wearing a white t-shirt.”

Olmsteads’s Challenger had heavy front-end damage, and debris was all over the southbound lanes of Coronado Parkway, police said. Officers searched the immediate area and found Olmstead walking south on the sidewalk of Coronado Parkway and Southeast 43rd Street. Police said he was wearing a white t-shirt, had a minor abrasion to his forehead, and complained of pain in his left wrist. The reporting party identified Olmstead as the person she saw at the crash scene. Officers noted Olmstead had bloodshot, watery eyes, a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, and slurred speech.

“Officers noticed tire tracks moving northbound on the asphalt median of Coronado Parkway, which lined up perfectly with where the suspect vehicle went off the road, struck the curb, damaged the grass and landscaping, and hit pipes that control median irrigation,” CCPD officials said. “The damage continued across the southbound lanes of Coronado Parkway until the vehicle came to rest in the parking lot at 4000 Coronado Parkway.”

Police stated there was an estimated $3,000 in property damage due to the crash. Officers noticed the seatbelts for the driver and front seat passenger were fully retracted and locked, which is a sign that the seatbelts were not being used at the time of the crash.

CCPD reported that Olmstead’s breath samples showed a blood-alcohol content of .163 and .152.

Olmstead was transported to Lee County Jail, where he has since been released on $1,650 bond.