BOONE COUNTY —One person died and another is in jail after an accident that occurred just after 5a.m. Sunday in Boone County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Ram 1500 driven by 20-year-old Jesus Ornelas-Rios of Columbia was westbound on Route AB one half mile east of U.S. 63. The pickup crossed the center of the road and struck a 2020 Toyota Camry that was parked partially in the eastbound lane in the ditch. The pickup then struck a pedestrian identified as a 23-year-old Columbia man who was standing next to the Camry.
The 23-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to the University of Missouri Medical Examiner's office. Ornelas-Rios was later arrested on requested charges of DWI-death of another, leaving the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle in a carless and imprudent manner and on an immigration detainer, according to online jail records.