Mitch Thompson, only the second police chief to serve Fishers in the municipality’s modern history, has been placed on paid administrative leave following an arrest on DUI charges connected to a Friday night three-car accident.

Early Saturday morning, Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness issued the following statement:

Last night, I was notified by Police Chief Mitch Thompson that he was involved in a three-car personal injury accident on Keystone Avenue in Marion County.  The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the crash.  Chief Thompson reported that he was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

I’ve placed Chief Thompson on paid administrative leave until all facts related to the incident present themselves. In the interim, I have placed Assistant Chief Ed Gebhart as Acting Chief as we continue to gather facts.

Television station WTHR posted a story on its Web page stating that there is an Indianapolis police report filed  saying Thompson’s 2012 Infinity rear-ended another vehicle, which struck another car, south of 96th Street just after 10:45pm.  That same report says Chief Thompson’s alcohol lever was .126 after he submitted to a blood test.  Mitch Thompson was taken to the Marion County Jail.