HAMMOND – On Thursday, at approximately 9:00 p.m., troopers responded to a two-semi crash on I-80 eastbound at the 3.7-mile marker. This location is near Indianapolis Boulevard. The investigation showed that a semi, driven by Jean C. Muniz-Rios, 37, of Saint Cloud, FL, made an unsafe lane change and, while doing so, rear-ended another semi.

During the course of the crash investigation, Trooper Baker had reason to believe that Mr. Muniz-Rios had consumed alcoholic beverages before the crash and subsequently initiated an operation while intoxicated. investigation. Muniz-Rios refused a chemical test for intoxication, so a search warrant for a blood draw was applied for and granted by a Lake County Judge. That warrant was completed at a local hospital. Once the investigation was complete

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