PLATTSMOUTH – Cass County officials have filed a felony driving under the influence charge against an Omaha man suspected of a hit-and-run accident.

A sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to Highway 50 and Church Road on Feb.3 for a car stopped in the middle of the highway. There were also earlier reports that a black Dodge Charger may have hit a vehicle on Interstate 80.

The deputy did not find any cars stopped on Highway 50, but, about four hours later that morning, there was a report that a black Dodge Charger had hit a vehicle on Highway 34. A Toyota was hit and ended up in a cornfield. Elmwood Rescue treated the 67-year-old driver for a head injury.

 The deputy stopped a black Charger near Eagle.

A complaint filed against 44-year-old Wilbur Jackson claims .239 grams of alcohol in a breath test. He is being charged with four previous DUI convictions.

The Centers for Disease Control said a reading of .15 would result in substantial impairment to drive, as well as visual and auditory processing. A person with blood alcohol content of .15 would have major loss of balance, may vomit and would have previously developed  a tolerance to alcohol. The legal limit is .08.

The deputy told the court in an arrest affidavit that Jackson and a passenger seemed surprised to learn they were on Highway 34 headed toward Lincoln, rather than their stated destination of Omaha.