A La Porte area man was seriously hurt when he struck a tree allegedly while driving intoxicated.

Police say 28-year-old Timothy Zwiers had a blood alcohol level three and a half times the legal limit. He was charged today in La Porte Circuit Court.

According to police, Zwiers nearly hit a vehicle head-on last week in the 57 hundred block of

W. Johnson Road.

He then crashed through a privacy fence and struck a tree next to a home. Police say Zwiers took off running, but was found by following his footprints and blood in the snow.

He allegedly kicked an officer in the head several times before taken to the hospital with blood

on his face. 

Zwiers was later transferred to a hospital in South Bend.