OXFORD, Miss. — Police at the University of Mississippi say a vehicle hit and damaged a Confederate memorial, apparently by accident.
University police tweeted that the driver and passenger were taken to a hospital after the crash Saturday night, and it was being investigated as possibly drunken driving.
One tweet stated, “No indication it was a deliberate act.”
Another said prosecutors and the FBI would be consulted about whether to file additional charges.
A group that raises money for the university’s journalism school says a recently installed plaque giving context for the statue was gone from its base.