Tue. Jun 16th, 2026
More information has been released into the circumstances and arrest of a suspect after last Friday night’s fatal head-on accident on highway-5 at the Niangua Bridge in Camden County.
A probable cause statement filed by the highway patrol says a deputy who arrived on the scene reported the driver of the BMW involved in the crash was observed throwing alcoholic shooters off the bridge.
The driver was identified as 27-year-old Dylan Michael Gibson, of Columbia, who allegedly had a blood alcohol content of .233 percent…nearly three times over the legal limit in the State of Missouri.
The other driver, a 63-year-old man from Roach, was killed in the accident and a passenger in Gibson’s car, a 22-year-old man from Columbia, was seriously hurt.
Gibson has since formally been charged with DWI-Death of Another and DWI-Serious Physical Injury and was being held without bond in the Camden County Jail.