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.

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.

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