A local man was arrested for driving under the influence, after plowing through mailboxes last night.

The crash happened at about 7:10 p.m. last night in the 4500 block of Jonathan Moore Pike. Witnesses say the driver left the road, ran over the mailboxes and kept going. Police found a pickup with extensive front-end damage being drive by 54-year-old Douglas H. Mitchell of Columbus.

He was found to have a blood alcohol level of .20 percent, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police department. Mitchell is facing charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.