EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The Evansville Police Department arrested a drunk driver as he left a bar parking lot after watching him crash into a dumpster.

Officials say they watched a man, later identified as 51-year-old Howard Lane Jr, get into a silver Dodge charger outside a bar on N Fulton Avenue.

They say the turn signals were put turned on and off while the car was in park, then the vehicle drove forward, nearly hitting a the chain-link fence in front of it.

Officers walked over to talk to Lane when the car backed up into a dumpster in the parking lot.

They say Lane then tried to leave the scene in the car despite officers shining their flashlights to get him to stop.

An officer was able to pull their patrol car with its lights on in front of Lane and got him to stop.

They say L

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