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Car in Ditch Leads to OWI Arrest

(La Porte County, IN) - A driver was arrested for allegedly being impaired following a single vehicle crash near Westville over the weekend.

 

According to La Porte County Police, a car wound up in a ditch early Saturday on County Line Road near U.S. Highway 6. The driver, Logan Haas, 23, of Michigan City was not injured. Authorities say when given a sobriety test, his blood alcohol level was slightly above four times the .08 percent legal limit.

 

Haas has been charged with operating while intoxicated as a Class A misdemeanor. Hass could face as much as a one year jail sentence. Police said there was an open case of beer on the front passenger seat of his 2000 Buick LeSabre.

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