A 19-year-old Hutchinson man arrested after an accident back on July 25, was bound over for trial Wednesday after the preliminary hearing resumed after a recess because of a witness not being avialable.

Benjamin McKinney is charged with flee and elude and five counts of auto burglary for allegedly taking items from vehicles of employees of Portfolio Recovery Associates.

He also allegedly stole one of the vehicles leading to the accident. McKinney was traveling at a high rate of speed when he rear ended another vehicle in the 700 block of East 11th. It happened around 2:25 p-m, that day when he struck a pickup driven by 43-year-old Stephanie Lee Wood also of Hutchinson. Her vehicle then collided with a house at 721 E 11th. After the initial impact, the Explorer McKinney was driving collided with a tree between the east and west lanes on 11th.

McKinney was being pursued by Hutchinson Police, but the officer ended the chase once it was clear McKinney wasn’t going to stop. He continued traveling at the high rate of speed until the accident occurred.

McKinney was taken to a Wichita hospital where he was admitted for a severe concussion. Wood was taken by EMS to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for general neck and back pain.

He remains jailed on 75-thousand dollar bond and arraignment will come on November 4.