Alleged drunk driver arrested after flipping SUV in Mexico

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Mexico, Missouri, man was arrested Wednesday night after he allegedly flipped an SUV while drunk and high.

The Mexico Department of Public Safety says officers arrested a 39-year-old man after he drove a Cadillac SUV straight on a curve in the 4800 block of Clark Street, went about a tenth of a mile off the road, hit an embankment, and flipped end over end for about another tenth of a mile before the vehicle came to rest on its roof.

The driver and his 32-year-old passenger, also of Mexico, got out of the SUV with little help and were taken by ambulance to University Hospital, police say.

Witnesses reportedly told officers that the SUV was driving recklessly and speeding just before the crash. Mexico police say they suspect the driver had been drinking and using marijuana.

Charges had not been filed in online court records as of Thursday morning.