Denise Renee Lumpp, 62, of LaPorte, was charged after a November 3, 2026, crash at West State Road 2 and K Street left an electric motorbike rider with a compound fracture to his right leg.

The probable-cause affidavit states that Lumpp was driving a silver Ford Escape and attempting to turn west onto West State Road 2 from a hospital parking lot. She told an officer she was headed to a nearby Speedway and did not see the motorbike traveling east as she began the turn, the affidavit states. The vehicles collided.

An officer arriving at the scene saw emergency responders treating the rider. Another officer reported that the rider had a compound fracture to his right leg. He was taken for medical treatment, while Lumpp was detained and transported to a medical facility for testing.

Before she was handcuffed, Lumpp told an officer she had consumed one tall can of Coors Light. She said she started drinking it at about 3:30 p.m. after returning home from work and finished it before leaving shortly before the crash. An assisting officer reported that Lumpp’s eyes appeared slightly glossy and her speech slightly slurred.

Lumpp consented to a chemical test after being read the implied-consent warning for a crash involving serious bodily injury. At the medical facility, a blood sample was drawn from her right arm at 6:35 p.m. A second sample, for toxicology testing by the Indiana State Department of Toxicology, was drawn from her left arm at 7:32 p.m. The first test later showed an ethanol level of 0.080%, according to the affidavit.

The affidavit also states that Lumpp told an officer she had used methamphetamine the night before the crash. After the test, Lumpp was taken to the LaPorte County Jail.

Charges filed November 4, 2026:

Causing serious bodily injury while operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent of 0.08 or more — Level 5 felony

Operating a vehicle while intoxicated and endangering a person — Class A misdemeanor

Operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent of 0.08 or more — Class C misdemeanor