SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man has been charged after allegedly crashing a vehicle into a house and leaving the scene earlier this year.

According to online court dockets, Colt Charles Hignutt, born in 1984, is charged with leaving the scene of an accident — property damage exceeding $1,000, a class E felony, in Greene County Circuit Court.

The probable cause statement says Springfield Police Department (SPD) officers responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a vehicle striking a house on Feb. 8.

After arriving, officers spoke with the home's resident, who said she didn't see the crash but hear the collision from inside her home. Police observed damage to a wooden privacy fence and the residence's gas meter, as well as scrape marks and a damaged gutter downspout.

An officer al

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