CROWN POINT -- A man with a history of drunken driving arrests had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he ran a stop sign and killed three other motorists and himself in a high-speed collision, the Lake County Coroner's Office said Wednesday.

Mario Cadena's blood-alcohol content was 0.17 percent when he slammed his Jeep Cherokee into two vehicles April 30 at the intersection of 101st Avenue and Randolph Street, said Lake County Coroner David Pastrick, who just received the toxicology results.

The legal blood alcohol limit in Indiana is 0.08 percent.

Killed in the crash along with Cadena were attorney Garry Weiss, driving a Ford Mustang, and Hobart couple Steven Hough and Amy Bartelmey in their Ford Explorer. All four died of blunt force trauma injuries.

Cadena, a Mexican immigrant in the U.S. illegally, had been charged with drunken driving in 2001 and 2003.

He also had previous arrests for speeding and driving with a suspended license.

A former girlfriend said he had battled alcoholism.

Weiss, 53, was a prominent attorney who had just finished defending Gary firefighter Carlton Davis Jr. against dogfighting charges the day before the crash.

Hough, 26, and Bartelmey, 25, were planning to marry.

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