18-year-old Michael W. Scott of Columbia was arrested on Saturday,

February 16th and charged with Driving Under the Influence, Leaving the Scene of an

Accident, No/Expired Registration Plates and No/Expired Registration Receipt.  Scott

was traveling north on Buell Collins Road in a 2003 Ford truck when he failed to

negotiate a turn, traveled off road and struck a tree.  Post 15 received a call

about the collision at 10:03 PM CST and when officers arrived at the scene no one

was there.  The investigation revealed that Scott had been taken by a private

vehicle to his home on Harlan Brown Road and a passenger, 18-year-old Lonnie Mann,

of Columbia, was taken to the Westlake Hospital.  Mann was then flown to University

Hospital in Louisville where he remains in stable condition.  Scott was lodged in

the Adair County Jail.  The Adair County Sheriff's Department assisted.