Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Carson Noah Kirchman, 30, was arrested early this morning on drug and other charges after allegedly crashing his car into a tree while fleeing a traffic stop.
At about 2:22 a.m. on January 26, a Gainesville Police Department officer saw a vehicle run a red light at the intersection of S. Main Street and SE 4th Avenue, nearly causing a crash with a marked patrol vehicle. An officer attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle, which continued driving east on SE 2nd Avenue and briefly slowed before rapidly accelerating away. The vehicle turned south on SE 3rd Street, where the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a large tree…