Deputies with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Endeavor man Thursday after he was found trapped in his vehicle along Scott Road near Highway 33.
Leroy G. Schueler, 59, was arrested and faces an eighth offense drunken driving charge and tickets for failing to keep a vehicle under control and open intoxicants in the vehicle, according to a release from Sheriff Roger Brandner.
A 2005 Pontiac Montana sits on its side Thursday along Dodge Road in the town of Scott after rolling more than once.
An initial call about the burgundy 2005 Pontiac Montana was from a driver who said Schueler was allegedly driving unsafely near Sommers Road and had nearly hit two other cars while driving at roughly 90 miles per hour. The caller said they were almost run off the road by the Pontiac.
As deputies were responding to the area roughly 15 minutes later, another call came in from someone who said they had seen the vehicle roll into the ditch along Dodge Road. Brandner said the caller reported seeing the Pontiac hit a tree and rolling over with Schueler still inside.
Brandner said Schueler was not injured, but he was stuck inside the Pontiac.
Schueler was taken to the Columbia County Jail. He has not yet been charged in Columbia County Circuit Court, according to online records. The crash remains under investigation.
Columbus house car crash file
A car operated by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a house south of Columbus on Aug. 5, trapping a woman inside a bedroom and leaving the car lodged sideways in the house.Â
Highway 33 Ice Crash
Among the dozens of weather-related calls to city and county authorities over the weekend, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash on Highway 33 near Saddle Ridge, east of Portage, on Monday morning where a man driving with a child in a car seat suffered minor injuries after snow and ice debris blew off the vehicle in front of him, crashing into his truck, with a piece of ice smashing his windshield.
Highway 73 fatal crash file
One woman was killed and several others injured when a semi-truck struck a van pulling a camper on Aug. 11, 2017, on Highway 73 at Highway E in the Columbia County town of Randolph.
Semi crash
A crew with Blystone's Towing works to get a disabled semi off Highway 33 after police say it rear-ended a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon. Portage police and Columbia County Sheriff's Office deputies directed traffic as the afternoon heat turned to a thunderstorm in front of the Fort BP.
Crash kills three
At Blystone’s Towing in Portage, Lt. Richard Hoege of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office explains details of the crash in the town of Pacific on Sunday night that killed the driver and two passengers.
Crash in town of Lodi
Two Lodi School District pupils were taken to Sauk Prairie Healthcare in Prairie du Sac to get checked out for minor injuries, after a car rear-ended a school bus carrying 23 Lodi students Thursday afternoon. The bus had stopped to let students out on Highway 60, just east of Gluth Road in the town of Lodi. At about 3:55 p.m., firefighters from the Lodi Area Fire Department were called to the scene, according the Assistant Chief John Lehr. The firefighters cleaned up debris and spilled fluids. They also directed traffic, which was limited to one lane, for a little less than an hour. The driver of the car was not injured. Although the car was jammed under the bus, and the car’s airbag deployed, the windshield did not appear to be broken. The Lodi Area Emergency Medical Service responded to the scene, as did the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and a tow truck from Ness Auto Sales and Service of Lodi. Another school bus transported the bus passengers away from the scene, and the bus involved in the accident was driven away once the vehicle beneath it was extricated. Citations may be pending, according to the sheriff’s office.
Schueler
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