(La Porte County, IN) - A Michigan City man was arrested after allegedly passing vehicles stopped for a partial highway closure caused by a motor vehicle crash.

 

Jacob Foldenauer, 35, was taken into custody on Friday afternoon.

 

La Porte County Police explained that the eastbound lanes of U.S. 20 at Oak Knoll Road in the Rolling Prairie area were closed because of a personal injury accident between a commercial motor vehicle and a box truck. Eastbound traffic was backing up when Sgt. Scott Boswell spotted a vehicle beginning to pass those stopped on the unpaved shoulder of the four-lane highway.

 

Foldenauer obeyed his commands to stop, and during a computer check, it was discovered that he was reportedly driving on a suspended license as a result of being a convicted habitual traffic violator.

 

He is currently still being held today in the La Porte County Jail on $755 bond.