UPDATE: Racine Man Admitted To Drinking And Driving; Plowing Into Parked Van in Caledonia

UPDATE: According to a report by the Caledonia Police Department, Rickey A. BAAS's blood alcohol level was 0.184. He was also charged with having a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration.

ORIGINAL STORY: A man, suspected of driving drunk, was injured after he smashed the pick-up truck he was driving into a parked van at 7:27 p.m. Nov. 17 on North Green Bay Road at Buckley Road.

Rickey A. Baas, 36, of Racine, was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving, driving without auto insurance, having open intoxicants in the car, operating left of the center line and operating a vehicle while suspended, according to a report by the .

Baas, who was bleeding from the face, was taken to All Saints Hospital for treatment.

An occupant in the car, William Smith, 35, of Mount Pleasant, was cited for obstruction after he denied having any involvement in the crash. A witness told police that Smith fled the scene of the crash prior to the police arriving. He was later located walking on Three Mile Road by police.

Baas told police that he drank three beers before leaving a tavern and driving home with Smith. Driving northbound, Smith “grabbed the wheel and jerked it to the right” and screamed, “watch out!” Jerking the truck back to the left, Baas told police “before he knew what was happening he hit something and slid through some yards.” The truck went into a ditch, through three yards, took a small tree down, and smashed into a red van and small trailer.

Police are awaiting the results of blood tests from the state of Wisconsin Lab of Hygiene before formally charging him with drunken driving.