The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports a truck driver from Arkansas was arrested Friday morning following a rollover accident off Interstate 80 eastbound, at the 93-mile marker. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Brady Clary interviewed 52-year old Benjamin H. Adams, of Dover, AR, after the semi he was driving left the interstate and landed on its passenger side in the south ditch at around 9:10-a.m.

The Trooper noted Adams had an odor of alcohol and that his eyes were bloodshot and watery. Adams consented to, and failed, a Field Sobriety Test, and a Preliminary Breath Test resulted in a reading of over .08. Adams was placed under arrest for OWI/1st offense. He was also cited for Failure to Maintain Control, Open Container in a motor vehicle, and for presence of alcohol in a commercial vehicle. He was later released from the Adair County Jail on $1,000 bond.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports also, 47-year old Matthew Field Montgomery, of Earlham, was arrested at around 12:30-a.m., Friday, for Driving While Barred. The man was later released on $2,000 bond.

(9-a.m. News)