(La Porte, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with a two year old boy struck by a car in the driveway of his home in La Porte.

 

Eric Levine is scheduled for an initial hearing Friday in La Porte Circuit Court.

 

According to court documents, the boy’s stepfather was helping Levine fix his car on Saturday in the 500 block of Grove St.  After the repairs were made, Levine was backing out when he allegedly struck the boy who was behind the vehicle.

 

Police said Levine then fled the scene.  The boy was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis.

 

After locating Levine, the La Porte man allegedly told officers he smoked marijuana earlier in the day and when he got home after striking the boy.

 

He’s charged with leaving the scene of an accident while driving impaired, a Level 3 felony, Level 5 felony operating a vehicle causing serious bodily injury while in possession of a schedule I or II substance and driving with a suspended license resulting in injury, a Level 6 felony.

 

Levine, 54, was being held in the La Porte County Jail on $25,000 bond.