State police at Hamburg said they arrested a Colorado man who was found Sunday afternoon in a broken-down pickup truck along Route 737 in Greenwich Township shortly after a hit-and-run accident about 6 miles away on Interstate 78 was reported.
The truck operated by Grant A. Rohrbouck, 27, of Loveland was leaking fluids and had what appeared to be fresh damage to the front end, troopers said in the criminal complaint. The damage appeared consistent with having been caused by an accident reported a short time earlier by the victim. The victim reported his SUV was rear-ended on eastbound I-78 near the Lenhartsville exit by a light-gray, dirty pickup truck, troopers said.
Troopers said Rohrbouck displayed signs of being under the influence of alcohol. He refused a blood test and was charged with drunken driving in addition to hit-and-run charges.
Following arraignment before District Judge Carissa L. Johnson in Reading Central Court, Rohrbouck was committed to Berks County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail to await a hearing.
According to investigators:
A North Carolina man was driving east on I-78 in the left lane shortly after 3 p.m. when a vehicle in front of him braked hard. He braked and his SUV was struck from behind by a pickup truck.
The victim attempted to motion for the truck driver — later identified as Rohrbouck — to pull over so they could exchange driver information, but Rohrbouck continued east at a high speed as the truck billowed a large amount of smoke.
The victim was unable to read the license plate of the truck, but he described the truck as a dirty, older-model pickup with a shiny bumper and a rectangular sticker above the rear bumper.
He followed the truck for 5 miles until the truck exited the interstate at the Krumsville interchange. The victim pulled onto the shoulder and called 911.
A trooper responded to the interchange area and found a disabled, dirty, silver-colored 2003 Toyota Tundra with Rohrbouck behind the wheel.
Rohrbouck told the trooper that he had vehicle problems while driving to New York so he stopped in front of a home on Route 737, also known as Krumsville Road, to ask the resident if he could use her phone.
When questioned about the front-end damage, he denied hitting a car or even traveling on I-78, and gave evasive answers about when and where it occurred.
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