A La Crosse man suspected of underage drinking is accused of fleeing a traffic stop with a police officer inside his vehicle.

An Onalaska officer said he could smell alcohol after pulling over Ryan Lichtie about 12:40 a.m. Saturday for driving through a stop sign at Vilas Street and 10th Avenue North in Onalaska, according to a police report.

While being arrested, Lichtie, 19, managed to get back into his car, police said. One officer grabbed his arm, then a second officer jumped into the vehicle on the driver’s side, the report stated.

Lichtie drove about 1 1/2 blocks at about 10 to 15 mph with the officer on top of him, according to the report, then stopped and attempted to kick and punch the officer.

The other officer caught up with the vehicle and hit Lichtie with a Taser in the lower abdomen when he continued to fight, the report stated. He was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center after hyperventilating.

Lichtie was arrested on suspicion of recklessly endangering safety, escape, fleeing, obstructing, failure to comply with an officer’s attempt to take a person into custody, six counts of bail jumping, underage consumption and failure to stop at a stop sign.

He had been out on $450 cash bond in a March misdemeanor case that accuses him of charging a La Crosse police officer while intoxicated.

Lichtie “doesn’t have two brain cells between his ears” when drinking, La Crosse County Circuit Judge Ramona Gonzalez said during his brief court appearance Monday.

Lichtie will return to court May 11.