Crime & Safety
Driver Faces Assault Charge in Wrong-Way DWI Crash
Officers said the man was driving drunk and headed the wrong way on eastbound Manchester Road when he caused the collision.
A man who caused a collision by driving the wrong way on eastbound Manchester Road was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault in the crash.
Des Peres Public Safety officers said that Thomas Lazear, 33, of the 9200 block of Leith Avenue in Woodson Terrace, was drunk when he drove the wrong way near 13384 Manchester Road in Des Peres and collided with another car.
A blood test after the accident showed he had a 0.174 percent blood-alcohol content on May 28, police said. The driver in the other car suffered a broken collarbone in the collision.
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Bond for Lazear was set at $50,000.
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