An Ozark County man, Michael Lee Goins of Gainesville, has been charged with a felony count of driving while intoxicated resulting in an injury in connection with a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) crash that left a woman injured. The accident occurred on Missouri T Highway near Mammoth on the evening of Sept. 5. last year.The Ozark County Times reports Goins is scheduled to be arraigned March 9 before Associate Circuit Judge Raymond Gross.
The prosecutor’s felony complaint alleges Goins “operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and acted with criminal negligence by failing to control the vehicle, driving it off the roadway and into a tree, and as a result, caused physical injury.” The Class E felony carries a sentence of up to four years in prison.