(La Porte County, IN) - A driver traveling the wrong way on a major highway in La Porte County Thursday night was allegedly intoxicated.

About 9:30 p.m., La Porte County Police officers spotted a vehicle traveling the wrong way at U.S. 20 and State Road 2.  During a traffic stop, police said the driver told the officer he was trying to get back to Elkhart where he lives but got lost and he didn’t know he was traveling in the opposite lane.

Tellys Whitener, 49, had an alleged blood alcohol level of .246 percent or just over three times the legal limit.  

He was still being held this morning in the La Porte County Jail on an OWI charge.