OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A local man whom police said was driving drunk in the seaside community when his SUV collided with a passenger train in March, seriously injuring one of his passengers, and has been indicted on four counts.

A York County grand jury handed up indictments earlier this month against Brendan M. Connolly, 36, charging felony operating under the influence causing serious injury, felony and misdemeanor counts of driving to endanger and a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.

Police responded to a call at the intersection of the train tracks and Union Avenue around 1:30 a.m., March 26, Old Orchard Beach Lt. Timothy Deluca said in a news release issued at the time. They found the passenger train had collided with the rear of an SUV. In addition to Connolly, there were two passengers in the vehicle. One of them – the passenger in the rear seat, was thrown from the car, seriously injured and taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland, according to Deluca. He said the vehicle sustained extensive damage.

Operating under the influence causing seriously bodily injury and one of the driving to endanger charges are Class C felonies, and carry a maximum jail term of five years upon conviction.