A Natick woman, whose car police had stopped following a crash on West Central Street on Thursday, performed a pose from an iconic 1980s movie while performing field sobriety tests, authorities said.

Natick Police arrested Caitlin Channell, 27, after the 4:55 p.m. crash, prosecutor Susan Harris said Friday during Channell’s Natick District Court arraignment.

Several people, including an off-duty firefighter, flagged down a police officer to report a crash and that the driver of the Infiniti sedan that caused it drove away, police said.

The officer found the heavily damaged Infiniti. The driver, identified as Channell, told the officer that she struck a utility pole and fled because she was afraid, Harris said.

According to a police report filed in court on Friday, when the officer asked Channell her name, she said, “I plead the Fifth,” referring to the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution against self-incrimination. The officer obtained her name by running the car’s license plate.

The officer noticed Channell was slurring her words and he asked her if she had been drinking. She claimed to have had two beers, police wrote. She then admitted she hit a car.

“I know which car I struck,” Channell said, according to the officer’s report. “I said it was a pole so I wouldn’t be arrested.”

Channell had rear-ended a car stopped at a red light on Central Street and drove off, Harris said. No one was injured, but both cars sustained heavy damage.

Channell agreed to perform field sobriety tests. During one of them – the one-legged stand – she performed a move from the 1984 movie “The Karate Kid.”

“Channell then stood in what I can only describe as the ‘Crane’ from the ‘Karate Kid,’ with both arms raised above her head and one knee raised to her chest,” Natick Police Officer Michael Mabardy wrote in his report.

Channell, of 32 Cochituate St.. was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor (second offense), leaving the scene of an accident and driving to endanger. Police also cited her for a marked lanes violation and a state highway violation.

Channell had a previous continued without a finding for drunken driving out of Natick District Court in 2012.

After she was arrested, Channell performed several handstands in her jail cell while waiting to be bailed, police wrote in the report.

Channell refused to take a Breathalyzer test. Because she did not take the test, her license is suspended for 180 days.

Channell posted $200 bail after her arrest. At Channell’s arraignment, Harris did not ask for any additional bail. Judge David Cunis ordered Channell to not drive or drink.

Channell is due back in court on Sept. 21 for a pretrial conference.

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