(Porter County, IN) - Police say an 18-year-old driver of a box truck caused a head on crash and tried fleeing, but was stopped by a witness of the collision.

 

Marco Guanoquiz of Chicago was taken into custody following the incident. Porter County Police said he was traveling on State Highway 8 Thursday, a few miles west of La Crosse, when he veered over the center line and struck an oncoming SUV.

 

The box truck continued on, but the witnesses passed him from behind, then veered in front of the truck and slowed down, forcing the fleeing driver to stop.

 

The driver he struck, from Kouts, was taken away by ambulance with a shoulder injury, police said.

 

Guanoquiz was charged with fleeing the scene of an accident.