(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte man was allegedly impaired while driving the wrong way on a major thoroughfare.

 

Daniel Guzman, 23, has been charged with Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated and Operating a Vehicle Without Ever Obtaining a Driver’s License.

 

A sheriff’s deputy encountered the oncoming Guzman, traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Indiana Avenue at Crescent Drive early Thursday.  

 

The officer swerved to avoid a head-on collision, making a U-turn to follow the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which continued traveling on the wrong side of the center line.

 

Eventually, police said, the vehicle returned to the correct lanes and pulled over.

 

Guzman reportedly handed the officer his identification card from Mexico, but a computer check revealed no record of him having a license to drive anywhere in the U.S.

 

His alleged blood alcohol level was slightly below two times the legal limit.