Man charged with DWI in crash that seriously injured man

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man was charged with a felony and two misdemeanors after he allegedly drunkenly hit someone in a crash on Sunday afternoon in Jefferson City.

Robert Roy Rackers Jr., 36, of Mexico, Missouri, is charged with driving while intoxicated causing serious injury, misdemeanor reckless driving and not having insurance. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Cole County Circuit Court.

The probable cause statement says that the crash occurred in the 100 block of East Dunklin Street after 5 p.m. Sunday. The statement says Rackers drove a 1999 GMC Sonoma westbound into the path of an electric bicycle rider heading east.

The person who Rackers hit had life-threatening injuries and was brought to a hospital in Columbia, the statement says. The victim was described as a 59-year-old man in a Monday crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department.

Rackers also had injuries and was brought to a hospital that day by police and allegedly suffered minor injuries, court documents say.

A Jefferson City police officer wrote in the statement that Rackers appeared to be under the influence of marijuana and was found with weed when he was arrested.

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