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Charges Filed in Branson DWI Death

Photo Courtesy Taney County Sheriff's Office

A man from Central America is facing multiple charges in a crash that killed a passenger in his vehicle.

According to the Probable Cause Statement filed by the Branson Police Department to the Taney County Prosecutor, 31-year-old Wilian Garcia-Rodriguez was the driver of a vehicle that crashed near the intersection of Francis Street and Gretna Road Saturday evening. A passenger in the vehicle died at the scene while Garcia-Rodriguez fled the scene and was detained in a nearby parking lot later. 

Garcia-Rodriguez is facing felony charges of Driving While Intoxicated and Leaving the Scene of an Accident along with three other misdemeanor  charges. 

The Probable Cause statement also indicates that Garcia-Rodriguez is facing a misdemeanor DWI Charge in Pulaski County, Arkansas while Missouri Case Net also shows he recently was cited with Driving Without a License in Sparta in Christian County. 

Garcia-Rodriguez is being held in the Taney County Jail without bail. The identity of the victim killed in the crash has not been released. 

 

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