Driver flees possible DUI incident

Republic-Times- December 23, 2021

The Columbia Police Department was alerted to an Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network broadcast around 5:35 p.m. Thursday about a possible DUI driver from I-255 eastbound from Missouri onto Route 3 south near the Palmer Road exit.

The vehicle, a white van with Missouri plates, was found stuck in the median, but the driver had fled on foot.

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