Police: Driver admits to drinking prior to crash on Auten Road

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- A driver was injured in a crash near Auten Road and Lindenwood Drive, just west of 933, Tuesday afternoon.

The crash happened around 2:40 p.m.

The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle.

He was transported to the hospital with head injuries.

According to the St. Joseph County Police Department, -the driver admitted to officers that he had been drinking prior to the crash.