Dayton, Ohio police are trying to figure out the story behind on one of the strangest vehicle accidents in their investigation history. A Chevrolet Impala was found wrecked in the early morning hours of New Years Day, having struck a phone pole and winding up in a fence. Oddly enough, however, was the lack of one missing piece of the puzzle: the driver. Cops looked for an hour and a half, trying to locate the Impala’s driver, but were unable to come up with an answer, so the Chevy was towed the tow yard…which was about five hundred feet away from the scene of the accident.

Later in the morning a worker in the yard noticed the injured driver still in the car, trapped underneath the dashboard, and notified authorities. Some people have suggested that the police somehow missed the driver in the car during their search, but more people (and the tow yard operator, according to the 911 recording) believe that the driver abandoned the car and returned to the yard later on. Police are still investigating and claim that it could take a month to determine what actually happened.

Source: WHIO, Dayton, Ohio