DEKALB COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Missouri man for DWI following an accident just before 3a.m. Sunday in DeKalb County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2002 Ford F250 driven by Manuel R. Montoya, 23, Clarksdale, was northbound on Hedge Road just south of Route E five miles north of Maysville.
The pickup traveled off the road, struck a ditch and a fence. EMS treated Montoya at the scene. A 21-year-old passenger in the pickup refused treatment.
Montoya was later arrested on requested charges of failure to drive on the right half of the road, leaving the scene of a vehicle crash, misdemeanor DWI; prior offender and assault-force.