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Two OWI Arrests Follow Motorcycle Crash

(Michigan City, IN) - A La Porte man was allegedly drunk when injured in a motorcycle motorcycle and again just three weeks while driving a car.  Michael Zurcher, 56, is facing two counts of operating while intoxicated.

 

Two months ago, police said he was struck by a car after running a stop sign on his motorcycle in Michigan City.  He suffered a possible fractured ankle with an alleged blood alcohol level just over two times the .08 percent legal limit.

 

Later that month, police said he was pulled over for having just one working headlight on his car also in Michigan City.  In that case, police say a near empty bottle of vodka along with a half empty bottle were located in his vehicle.  Zurcher allegedly refused a blood alcohol test.  He was taken into custody on warrant over the weekend.  Zurcher was still being held in the La Porte County Jail without bond.

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