PORTAGE, IN: Drunken driver fell out of moving truck that crashed into Portage business on Saturday, 11th April, 2020

A 57-year-old man faces drunken driving charges after police said he fell out of his moving pickup truck along U.S. 6 and the vehicle crashed into a local business.

A Portage police officer said he was watching the truck driven by Donald Phelps, of Union Township, around 2:30 p.m. Saturday when Phelps drove away from a McDonald's restaurant in the area of 6097 U.S. 6 and then turned east on to the highway.

The officer said he lost view of the truck momentarily and then saw it driving over a sidewalk and grassy area south of U.S. 6, according to the incident report. The officer then saw Phelps standing up while on U.S. 6 and "running and stumbling toward the vehicle without any shoes or socks on."

Phelps did not stop when ordered by police and the truck crashed through a brick pillar and shattered the front door of the Hair Cuttery at 6097 U.S. 6, police said. The crash reportedly caused extensive damage to the front of the building.

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