DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A man accused of trying to flee after rear-ending a motorcycle in Daytona Beach late Friday was rescued from a pond that he crashed into soon after, according to police.

Cale Harding, 37, faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash with injuries, fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement and aggravated assault on a law-enforcement officer, records show.

Harding was driving a Dodge Challenger that a Daytona Beach police officer reportedly saw rear-end a Harley-Davidson just before midnight Oct. 17 at a westbound red light on West International Speedway Boulevard (U.S. 92), according to his arrest affidavit. The motorcycle remained upright and neither of its two occupants were ejected, but the Challenger then made a U-turn, prompting the officer to turn on the

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