Columbia man accused in drunken crash allegedly had BAC nearly 4 times the legal limit to drive

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man who was charged with a felony and four misdemeanors in an alleged drunken driving crash on Monday allegedly had a blood alcohol content nearly four times the legal limit to drive.

Maurice Robinson, 40, was charged on Tuesday with driving while intoxicated – causing physical injury and four misdemeanors: DWI while having someone younger than 17 years old in a vehicle, driving while revoked, reckless driving and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Robinson is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Court documents say police were called to the intersection of Paris Road and Vandiver Drive at 9:48 p.m. Monday for a crash. Robinson was allegedly seen laying on the ground, and claimed his leg was injured, but he refused medical treatment, the probable cause statement says. He allegedly admitted to driving the 2016 Jeep Patriot.

A passenger in Robinson’s vehicle claimed Robinson had caused the crash and that he should not have been driving because he had been drinking, the statement says.

The same witness alleged that Robinson threw out several cans of beer from the Jeep before officers arrived, the statement says. Police found three unopened cans of beer on a sidewalk near the crash and one open can that was almost empty, officers wrote.

Police wrote that Robinson was not able to complete field sobriety tests and a breath sample determined his BAC was at .299, nearly four times the legal limit.

Robinson was brought to University Hospital to get his injuries checked, the statement says. Two children were also in the vehicle at the time of the crash, police wrote.