(La Porte, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with a recent motor vehicle collision with injuries in La Porte.  Daniel Torres, 23, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with operating while intoxicated.

According to La Porte Police, Torres was heading back from Chicago when the accident occurred just after 2 a.m. late last month on Pine Lake Ave. at Lakeside Street.  Police said a witness reported Torres was southbound in the northbound lanes just prior to the collision.  The La Porte man suffered an injury to his hand and arm.

Torres had an alleged blood alcohol level just slightly above the legal limit. The charge was upgraded to a felony due to a prior OWI conviction, authorities said.

Police said the other driver, Casey Childers, was taken to Memorial Hospital in South Bend with a major laceration to her left leg while a passenger, Jessica Stalling, was taken to Northwest Health complaining of pain to her leg and back.

Police said Childers also consumed alcohol but whether she was intoxicated remained under investigation.