Head-on collision ends with arrest

Deputies charged a Jasper man with drunken driving after he caused a head-on collision north of Phoenix Drive Tuesday evening.

Deputies responded to the collision at about 8:53 p.m. Witnesses at the scene told police that Lionel Vasquez Rodrigues, 25, of Circle Pine Drive, was southbound on U.S. 231 in a 2001 Ford Focus in the northbound lane when he collided with a northbound 2009 Chevrolet Impala driven by Amanda E. Norris, 36, of N. 7th Street, Holland.

Norris was transported by ambulance to Memorial Hospital for complaints of pain to her left arm, right hand, and both knees.

While talking with Rodrigues, deputies determined that he had been drinking. He subsequently tested .31 percent blood alcohol content. Police also determined Rodriguez didn’t have a license.

Police charged Rodrigues with felony operating while intoxicated causing seriously bodily injury and two misdemeanor counts of operator never licensed and reckless driving.

Both vehicles were considered total losses.

Memorial Hospital Emergency Medical Services, Huntingburg police, fire and first responders and a KARS wrecker assisted at the scene.