By JOE SEELIG

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $500 bail Monday after Sebring police said he left the scene of a crash at Schumacher Road and U.S. 27.
Police report at about 6:54 p.m. Friday, the man rammed the back of a 2002 Ford Ranger pickup truck stopped at the southbound light on U.S. 27 with a blue Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck with an American flag in the rear windshield.
The driver, age 49, whose name is being withheld by Highlands Today, reportedly left the scene, driving west on Schumacher Road.
What he may not have known was a witness to the crash followed the suspect pickup truck to the 3000 block of Michigan Avenue.
While police interviewed the driver of the Ford, the witness led police to the pickup truck parked in a driveway. Damage to the front of the Chevrolet was consistent with the damage at the scene. A grill from the S-10 pickup truck was recovered at the crash.
When questioned by police the man reportedly said, “Just take me to jail,” to which police obliged him.
He was charged with leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and driving with no valid driver’s license, both second-degree misdemeanors.
No one in either vehicle was injured, according to the arrest report. However, there was about $13,000 in combined damages.