(Michigan City, IN) - A sober driver in Michigan City was apparently to blame for striking the vehicle of a suspected drunk driver whose passenger wound up in the hospital last night.

 

The collision happened about 9 p.m. at Decatur and Oak streets.

 

Police said Samantha Lanier of Michigan City told investigators she did not see the other vehicle while passing through the intersection.

 

Lanier was given a portable breathalyzer test as standard procedure in a serious injury crash and had no alcohol in her system, police said.

According to police, Jada Green also of Michigan City when asked to blow into a portable breathalyzer yelled “she did nothing wrong and that the other driver was at fault.”

 

A search warrant had to be obtained to draw a sample of blood from Green, who exhibited signs of possible impairment, police said.

 

Investigators were still waiting for the test results but arrested her for operating while intoxicated based on evidence that included an odor of alcohol on her breath and bottles of tequila along with a can of beer found in her vehicle, police said.

 

Green’s passenger, Amaryah Flowers, suffered a possible non-life threatening head injury.