A Ponte Vedra Beach man was arrested following a high-speed chase after ramming a Clay County Sheriff’s Office patrol car.
Jeffrey Luke Crane, 40, also was charged with DUI, refusing to submit to a blood alcohol test, aggravated battery on a police officer and leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage.
The sheriff’s office responded to a call about a reckless driver on State Road 21 on July 3. Crane’s car side-swiped the deputy’s car in the rear and along the driver’s side when he tried to flee the scene while the deputy directed traffic.
The chase went south on S.R. 21 into Putnam County before he crashed in a drainage ditch on Kueka Road.
Crane refused to submit to a blood alcohol test.
