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HAMMOND — One man was seriously injured and another was hurt when a suspected drunken driver hit them Saturday night near the Hammond Civic Center, police said.

Daniel W. Ridder, 24, of Griffith, suffered a head injury and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, police Lt. Richard Hoyda said.

Michael N. Shelton, 26, of Highland, was taken to Franciscan St. Margaret Health hospital in Hammond with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The men were struck by a 63-year-old Bunker Hill, Indiana, man driving a silver 1996 Dodge Caravan about 8 p.m. Saturday, according to a crash report. The Bunker Hill man disregarded a red traffic signal and continued driving north after striking the men, the report said.

A witness followed the driver until a police pulled him over in the 400 block of Douglas Street, the report said.

The driver is being held pending the filing of formal charges, Hoyda said. Alcohol and drug test results were pending, according to the report.

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