A 30-year-old Arnold man was arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated following a one-vehicle accident on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 25, on Twin River Road east of River Bend Drive in the Jefferson County portion of Eureka, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.
At 3:30 p.m., the Arnold man was driving a Jeep Wrangler west on Twin River Road and lost control of the vehicle; traveled off the left side of the road; and struck a tree and a fence. The Jeep then caught fire, the report said.
The man was moderately injured and taken by North Jefferson County Ambulance to Mercy Hospital South in south St. Louis County, according to the report.
However, the hospital had no information about him, a Mercy spokesman said.
Authorities don’t know if the man was wearing a seat belt.
The Jeep was totaled, the report said.
The highway patrol arrested the man at 5:38 p.m. at the hospital for DWI.
His name will not be published unless charges are filed against him, and as of this afternoon, Oct. 28, none had been filed.
It is not known if the man was wearing a seat belt, and the Jeep was totaled.