COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) _ A Columbia Public Schools administrator has been arrested
in a hit-and-run crash.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol took 33-year-old Mark Burlison into custody
Sunday on suspicion of leaving the scene of a Saturday crash on Interstate 70
that sent two people to a hospital with moderate injuries. The Columbia Daily
Tribune reports the Cooper County Sheriff Jerry Wolfe says Burlison was
booked into jail and posted a $4,000 bond.
Burlison had been an assistant principal at Blue Ridge Elementary School before
he was recommended for promotion to principal in February. He took over as
principal this month.
A message the Tribune left at the school seeking comment from Burlison
wasn’t returned Wednesday afternoon. District spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark
says she is barred by law from commenting about district personnel.
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