PHILIPSBURG--Police held a prosecutor J.B.D. for about five hours Saturday, after he had allegedly been involved in a hit-and-run road accident.

D. had reportedly hit another driver and left the accident scene before police arrived.

They released J.B.D. from custody that night after determining that he hadn't been intoxicated when he caused the accident, Prosecutor Rienk Mud told The Daily Herald Tuesday.

D. had caused an accident, but didn't realize it was his fault and drove away, Mud said. Police later tracked him down and took him to the police station "like anyone else who causes an accident and leaves." There, they determined that D. was sober and they let him go.

Police are investigating, Mud said.