KOKOMO, Ind. -- A suspected drunk driver is facing charges in connection with a crash that left an 82-year old moped driver dead.
Dewayne Levine, 50, of Kokomo, is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, a felony, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated within 5 years of a previous conviction, also a felony.
Kokomo police said Levine was driving in the area of Morgan and Ohio streets at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday when he crossed the center line and hit Charles Branch, 82, also of Kokomo.
Branch died as a result of his injuries.
"He never held anything back.I think he was a big kid," said Dennis Branch, Charles' son. "You kind of wonder where the court system failed."
Levine was taken to a local hospital where a toxicology test was performed as part of the investigation.
Levine also had an active arrest warrant on an unrelated charge, police said.
If you have information about the crash, you are urged to call Officer Austin Bailey at 765-457-1105.
