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LaPorte woman arrested for OWI after two crashes

(Photo supplied/LaPorte County Jail)

A woman involved in two separate crashes on Thursday was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

Lydia Bim-Merle, 27, of LaPorte drove away from the first crash at Wozniak Road and County Road 450 North, where she hit a fence, then crashed again about three miles south.

Police later found an overturned silver car at the scene of the second crash.

Bim-Merle was found nearby, and taken to the LaPorte County Jail.

She’s been charged with misdemeanor counts of operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equivalent to .15 or more, operating while intoxicated endangering a person, leaving the scene of an accident and operating a vehicle with alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .08 but less than .15.

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