JEFFERSON CITY — A 43-year-old Altenburg man who suffered moderate injuries in a traffic crash early Sunday morning on Route C in Cape Girardeau County has been charged with felony driving while intoxicated-alcohol-as a persistent offender.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports Joshua A. Manche was also charged with failing to driving on the right half of the roadway, resulting in a crash and not wearing a seatbelt.
The patrol says Manche was the driver of a northbound 1998 Honda Civic which ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a ditch about two miles south of Altenburg.
Manche was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau by ambulance for treatment of moderate injuries.
The Honda was a total loss and was removed by Cape County Towing.