Clarksdale Man Charged in Early Sunday Crash in DeKalb County

Two northwest Missouri residents suffered injuries in an accident early Sunday in DeKalb County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the accident occurred around 2:43 Sunday morning on Hedge Road, five miles north of Maysville, as a vehicle driven by 23-year-old Clarksdale resident Manuel R. Montoya headed northbound.

Troopers say Montoya’s vehicle went off the right side of the road and struck a ditch and a fence before coming to a rest.

Montoya suffered minor injuries.

A passenger, 21-year-old Trenton resident John A McFarland, suffered moderate injuries.

Both refused treatment at the scene.

Following the crash, authorities arrested Montoya on preliminary charges of failure to drive on the right half of the roadway, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash, driving while intoxicated as a prior offender, and assault.

Authorities booked Montoya into the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail on a 24-hour hold.