(La Porte County, IN) - Drugs were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began in La Porte County over the weekend.

 

According to Indiana State Police, a trooper attempted to stop a driver for erratic driving on the Indiana Toll Road outside La Porte late Saturday morning. The driver, reaching speeds topping 120 miles per hour, was passing vehicles on the shoulder at times.

 

Troopers were still in pursuit in the South Bend area when the driver crashed while trying to negotiate a sharply curved exit ramp at speeds too high to accommodate.

 

The driver, Randy George, 40, allegedly tested positive for cocaine. Police said his wife suffered a broken leg and possibly a fractured back.

 

According to police, there were drugs and paraphernalia recovered from the vehicle, and further investigation also indicated that George, who is from Maryland, has an addiction to heroin and fentanyl.

 

He is being held in the La Porte County Jail on $15,000 bond.