Dixon man charged with DWI after Wednesday crash seriously injured motorcycle rider
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 61-year-old man from Dixon was charged with a felony after authorities say he drunkenly crashed his truck into a motorcycle on Wednesday.
Benjamin Shoemaker was charged on Thursday in Maries County with driving while intoxicated leading to a crash that caused serious injury. He is being held without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says the driver of a 2000 GMC Sonoma was heading southbound on Highway 28 in Maries County when he failed to year to a 2023 Honda Rebel 1100 motorcycle that was entering the highway and hit it.
The motorcycle rider – a 48-year-old man from Dixon – had serious injuries and was flown to University Hospital in Columbia, the report says. The man wore a helmet, the report says.
The probable cause statement says Shoemaker admitted to fault in the cash. A trooper smelled alcohol on Shoemaker and requested he take multiple sobriety tests, which were refused. Shoemaker allegedly took a breath test, but did not blow hard enough to register a reading, the statement says.
