(LaPorte, IN) -

Police said 28-year old Kyle Principe allegedly had a blood-alcohol level more than two times the

legal limit. He allegedly drove around the scene of a motor vehicle accident being worked

by emergency responders. Police during a traffic stop arrested the driver for being intoxicated.

That’s according to the La Porte County sheriff’s office.

Early Sunday, police said there was an overturned vehicle on State Road 2 near Pinola.  The highway was closed for emergency responders to work the crash. Police say the suspect while driving around the blockade nearly striking a tow truck before going into a ditch and returning to the pavement.

Principle could get up to a year in jail if convicted of Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.