(La Porte, IN) - Sentencing has been held for a man in connection with a serious injury from an alcohol related motor vehicle collision in La Porte County.

 

Juan Perez-Hernandez, 42, was given two years in the La Porte County Community Corrections’ ScramX program followed by two years on probation Friday in La Porte Circuit Court for Level 5 felony operating while intoxicated causing serious bodily injury. 

 

The ScramX program involves the constant monitoring through technology of any alcohol consumption.  A violation could result in the La Porte man serving some of his sentence in prison.

 

Police said Hernandez in January crashed into a pole and tree in the 7600 block of West 275 North.  A man riding in his vehicle suffered a broken upper leg.

 

Police said Hernandez fled the crash scene on foot but was found a short time later with a blood alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit.

 

At the time, police said he had never obtained a driver’s license.