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Car Crash is Really Domestic Battery Scottsburg-Earlier today at approximately 4:20 pm, Scott County Dispatch dispatched a car crash with injuries located at State Road #56 and South Lake Road in Scottsburg. When Trooper Tracy Spencer of the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg arrived at the scene he met with officers from the Scottsburg City Police Department. The reported car crash was not a car crash after all but, was actually a Domestic Battery that occurred inside of a vehicle. Trooper Spencer assumed the investigation and learned that Gary L. Hall, 67 of Scottsburg, allegedly battered a female that was riding with him while the vehicle was travelling down the roadway, (Gary Hall was driving). Several witnesses in other vehicles witnessed the battery occur and blocked the vehicle Gary Hall was driving until officers could arrive. Gary Hall was arrested at the scene and incarcerated at the Scott County Jail on the charges of Domestic Battery, A Misdemeanor; Operating a Vehicle with Impairment, A Misdemeanor; Operating While Intoxicated with Endangerment, A Misdemeanor and Open Container. A photo of Gary Hall is attached to this release. -30- Sgt. Jerry D. Goodin All Subjects are Innocent until and unless Proven Guilty in a Court of Law