Crash early Sunday morning in Columbia

Pictured is the crash scene in Columbia early Sunday morning.

Emergency personnel responded about 3:30 a.m. Sunday to a vehicle rollover crash on Valmeyer Road near West Park Bowl in Columbia.

The vehicle, a black 2015 Toyota Corolla, went off the roadway and continued down into a culvert before coming to rest in water wedged against a tree.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department said the car was driven by Dyan Isaac Chapa Rodrigues, 23, of St. Louis. Both the driver and passenger had minor injuries and were evaluated by Columbia EMS but declined medical transport.

Rodrigues has been charged with DUI in connection with the crash.

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