Officers with the Columbia Police Department’s Traffic Safety Unit have arrested a man accused of driving drunk and crashing a vehicle into an occupied home.
Preliminary information by the TSU indicates that 26-year-old Markevis Kinard of Prosperity, S.C., hit a car at a Farrow Road gas station while operating a 2011 Chrysler 300 shortly before 7:30 a.m. today. Kinard is accused of leaving the scene and crashing his car at the 2600 block of Chestnut Street. One person was inside a back portion of the home at the time of the collision and did not report being injured. CPD officers were dispatched to the scene and found Kinard in the driver’s seat of the Chrysler. As a result, Kinard was charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) – Third, Driving Under Suspension (DUS) – Third, Hit and Run Attended Vehicle, Hit and Run Property Damage, Reckless Driving, and was cited for violating the State’s ‘Home or Work’ Order.
Kinard will be housed at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. The suspect also has outstanding narcotics and gun arrest warrants from Prosperity, S.C.
All persons arrested/charged are presumed innocent until or unless proven guilty in a court of law.