An Ohio man, who is accused of attempting to escape police after a bizarre crash on Interstate 79, claims demons made him run into the path of a tractor-trailer, according to charging documents.

State police filed charges against Calderon J. Medina, 34, of East Cleveland, after he tried to run from police and was struck by a tractor-trailer during an April 18 investigation into a hit-and-run crash on I-79 South.

While at the hospital, Medina told troopers that “the demons in his head“ told him to run in front of the tractor-trailer.

Medina has yet to be arraigned, but the charges have been filed through District Judge Joseph Nash. He is charged with misdemeanor counts of escape, DUI and leaving a crash scene, among other traffic citations.

When charges were filed April 19, Medina still was being treated at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.

According to charging documents, Butler County 911 dispatched police to the reported crash near mile marker 99 in Muddy Creek Township at 3:02 p.m. April 18.

“While traveling south, Medina drove between a vehicle traveling in the left passing lane and a tractor-trailer in the right lane,” said the investigating officer in the affidavit. “While (between) both vehicles, Medina struck the tractor-trailer.”

Police said Medina continued driving down I-79 South, which has two lanes, before his vehicle traveled off the road and into the median.

Police said they detained him by handcuffing him while they investigated.

“Medina fled from the front of the police car into the southbound lanes of travel of Interstate 79,” police said. “Medina was struck by a tractor-trailer.”

Police described Medina’s injuries as serious in court documents, and Medina was taken to the Pittsburgh hospital. EMTs at the scene told police they smelled alcohol on Medina, and police investigated further at the hospital.

Medina submitted his blood for tests at a state police lab. Police said they also could smell burnt marijuana on Medina’s clothes and in his vehicle.

A bond will be issued and a preliminary hearing will be scheduled after Medina is arraigned later.