A driver traveling the wrong way on 15th Avenue S crashed into an apartment building around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, according to St. Petersburg police.
Deairis Bargman, 32, failed to stop when an officer tried to pull the vehicle over, police said. It then crashed into a building in the 2400 block of 15th Avenue S, injuring a man inside an apartment. That man was treated and released, according to investigators.
Bargman was also injured and taken to a hospital, and a passenger in the car was seriously injured, police said.
Other residents of the apartment building left as inspectors checked the structure for safety after the crash.
Bargman faces charges of DUI with property damage, fleeing and eluding, being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of marijuana, according to police.
