A LaPorte man was allegedly drunk when he was driving a pick up truck that struck and killed a man on a moped in Michigan City Thursday night, police said.
Jordan Dant, 29, of Michigan City, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan said Friday morning. The cause of death was blunt force trauma suffered in a motor vehicle accident, Sullivan said.
Ryan Garrett, 40, of LaPorte was charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, a level 4 felony, after the crash, Michigan City Police Department officials said.
Police were called at 9:21 p.m. to Michigan Boulevard and Warnke Road for a report of a man injured in an auto accident. When officers arrived, they found Dant lying in the eastbound lane of Michigan Boulevard.
Dant died before LaPorte County EMS units arrived, police said.Investigators said Dant was on his moped trying to exit the driveway of Sand Trap Lounge, 3015 E. Michigan Blvd. when he pulled into the path of Garrett’s 2004 Chevy 3500 pickup truck. Garrett was not injured in the crash.
Garrett was transported to Franciscan St. Anthony Health hospital in Michigan City for drug and alcohol testing, which revealed he was legally intoxicated at the time of the crash, police said.
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