(La Porte County, IN) - A man struck a vehicle in Michigan City and fled but was soon located badly impaired.

 

Those are the allegations faced by Daniel Childers.

 

Childers, 45, is charged with Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated and Class B misdemeanor leaving the scene of a property damage crash.

 

Police said his blood alcohol level was .302 percent or nearly four times the legal limit.

 

It’s alleged Childers Wednesday night struck the back end of a car stopped for a red light at U.S. 20 and Cleveland Ave. and fled. He was followed by the victim to a residence on Wozniak Road where police located him a short time later.

 

According to police, Childers denied being the driver but his physical appearance matched the description given by the victim and the hood of his vehicle parked outside the residence was warm to the touch. 

 

There was also fresh damage on the front end of his vehicle, police said.

 

Childers could face an up to one year jail sentence on the Class A misdemeanor count and an up to six month jail sentence on the lesser charge.