(La Porte County, IN) - A suspected drunk driver causing a multiple vehicle crash with injuries just before Christmas in La Porte County is now facing charges.

 

Rogeilo Huerta-Tomas, 19, of La Porte is charged in La Porte Superior Court 1 with operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury.

 

According to court documents, Tomas on December 22 veered into the opposite lane on Indiana 39 to pass a vehicle from behind, but wound up colliding with an oncoming vehicle at 800 North.

 

The vehicle he struck was then hit in the rear by a vehicle traveling behind it.

 

According to court documents, the investigation showed the vehicle driven by Tomas, who had an alleged blood alcohol level of .111-percent, was operating without the headlights on.

 

The most seriously injured driver had three plates and six screws placed inside his fractured left hip.

 

Tomas could face an up to six year sentence on the level 5 felony charge. He’s also charged with never receiving a driver’s license, a Class C misdemeanor. According to court documents, he was heading back to his home in La Porte after visiting a friend in Michigan.

 

The charges were just recently filed because it took about two months for authorities to receive the results of a blood alcohol  test.