Maries County man charged after two die in single-vehicle crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Prosecutors in Gasconade County have charged a Maries County man with two felonies after a crash that killed two people Sunday night.

Tyler C. Schmidt of Belle was charged Tuesday with DWI causing two deaths and DWI causing serious physical injury. It wasn't clear on Tuesday morning whether he was in custody.

Schmidt is accused of being the drunken driver in a car that crashed Sunday night in Owensville. One person was declared dead at the scene, and another was declared dead after being flown to a hospital. A third passenger suffered serious injuries, according to court documents.

Schmidt failed a field sobriety test and a breath test, documents say. He allegedly told a state trooper that, on a scale of 1 to 10, his intoxication was a 5.

No hearings have been scheduled.