A Chicago man was charged Tuesday with drunkenly crashing into a highway wall, records allege.
Kyle N. Davis, 32, is charged with causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated and two misdemeanors.
He is in custody, held on a $2,000 cash bond.
Indiana State Police responded at 12:22 a.m. July 21 to the .02-mile marker on I-80 west in Hammond, just inside the state line.
Davis initially told police he swerved to avoid someone in front of him and hit the wall. Then, as cops went to get the woman’s ID, he changed his story, saying they had been at the casino for hours and he lost control of his white Chevrolet Equinox.
“You can test me right now, I ain’t even drunk,” he said.
He told police he had a busted lip and an injured leg. His female passenger was taken to the hospital with a cut lip, head pain and “memory issues.”
An affidavit shows Davis had a no contact order that barred him from seeing the woman. He told police he thought it just prevented them from fighting.
Originally Published: July 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM CDT