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Car in Driveway Hit by Impaired Driver

(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police say an impaired driver struck a parked car in the driveway of a home just outside of La Porte early Sunday morning.

 

Charles Tibbs, 23, of Hamlet was arrested for operating while intoxicated. Police say the incident happened after 4 a.m. Sunday when Tibbs struck a mailbox then a 2007 Ford Taurus in the driveway of a home in the 2800 block of W. Small Road outside La Porte.

 

Tibbs told investigators he was returning home from Michigan City when he fell asleep at the wheel in his 2014 Jeep Cherokee. His alleged blood alcohol level was .23 percent, well above the .08 percent legal limit.  Neither Tibbs, nor anyone else was injured in the accident.

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