(La Porte County, IN) - A Michigan City area man is accused of being drunk when he fled from two separate crashes.

 

Mark Eddy, 66, was booked into the La Porte County Jail for Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.

 

Police said Eddy on Wednesday night rear ended a vehicle on U.S. 20 at Woodland Ave.  

 

The driver he just hit was following him when Eddy a few minutes later on U.S. 20 struck the back of a vehicle stopped for a red light at U.S. 35, police said.

 

Police said the first driver he hit continued following Eddy until the suspect pulled up to his residence in the 6200 block of N. 400 West.  When approached by officers, Eddy said he was returning from a liquor store at the time of the crashes.

 

His alleged blood alcohol level was .288 percent or more than three times the legal limit.  The second driver he hit complained of whiplash but refused medical treatment, police said.