WESTPORT — A 33-year-old driver, who allegedly passed out from drugs and crashed in a local construction zone on Interstate 95, had his two children in the car — one an infant whose unsecured safety seat flipped and left the child face down wedged between the vehicle’s seats, according to State Police.

Alexander Gomez, of Westport, who was taken into custody Thursday on an outstanding arrest warrant, faces a series of charges in connection with the incident last Oct. 26, including: two counts of risk of injury to a child, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence with a child under 18 as a passenger, second-degree reckless endangerment, failure to drive in the proper lane and two violations of child-safety restraint requirements.

State Police began receiving 911 calls about 11:50 a.m. Oct. 26 reporting that a gray Infiniti was swerving across the travel lanes along a local stretch of I-95, narrowly avoiding collisions with other vehicles.

The Infiniti was first spotted via the highway’s traffic cameras, while erratically heading north on I-95 just south of Exit 18. 

Trooper Roberto Antonucci, stationed on the Sherwood Island Connector, reported seeing the Infiniti weaving back and forth before striking the Exit 18 sign and then “uncontrollably” ricochet across all three travel lanes before striking the concrete center barrier and traffic barrels. The car continued traveling a short distance north of Exit 18, where it became disabled and blocked the right lane, according to the report.

Arriving at the scene, Antonucci at first saw only two occupants of the Infiniti, the driver — identified as Gomez — and a 7-year-old girl.

Gomez, who appeared to be unconscious, still had his foot on the car’s accelerator.

The girl, who State Police said was “extremely distraught,” but apparently uninjured, was removed from the front passenger seat. She told Antonucci that her father had passed out while driving, according to the report.

The girl also told Antonucci that her infant brother was still in the car, and when the trooper opened the Infiniti’s rear passenger door, he found the boy strapped in an unsecured car seat, upside down and wedged between the rear and front seats.

The infant also appeared to have escaped serious injuries. Both children, after being evaluated at the scene by Norwalk emergency-medical service personnel, were placed in the care of their grandmother, who was summoned to the accident site.

Gomez, unconscious in the driver’s seat, appeared to be in a state of respiratory arrest, according to the report. His body reportedly was limp, his lips bluish and his pupils constricted.

Antonucci tried reviving Gomez with “rescue breaths” until Westport firefighters arrived on the scene and administered Narcan, which reverses opioid overdoses. He shortly regained consciousness and was transported to Norwalk Hospital.

At the hospital, Gomez exhibited frequent behavioral changes and vomited “numerous” times, according the report. He was unable to perform a field sobriety test requested by Antonucci, and told the trooper he was unsure what caused him to pass out, but that he had taken prescribed medication earlier that day that he had been taking for five years. However, he was unable to name the prescription, the report states.

Troopers in January were issued a search warrant for Gomez’s medical test results while under treatment at Norwalk Hospital. 

Based on evidence that Narcan, which is effective only in cases of opioid overdoses, had revived Gomez and the findings of the accident scene investigation, a warrant for Gomez’s arrest was issued March 26. He was taken into custody Thursday where he was being held at Norwalk Police Department headquarters.

Gomez was transported to Troop G Barracks in Bridgeport, where he was formally charged. Unable to post $150,000 bond, he was held overnight at the Bridgeport Correctional Center and was scheduled to be arraigned Friday at state Superior Court in Stamford.