BEDFORD – A Bedford man was injured Sunday after crashing his vehicle on Leatherwood Road. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to the crash at 9:16 a.m.
According to a police report, 24-year-old Austin Gulley, of Bedford, was traveling west on Leatherwood Road in a 2002 Ford Focus when he drove the vehicle off the south side of the road, overcorrected, and then went off the north side of the road into a ditch causing the vehicle to flip.
Gully was bleeding from a head laceration.
Gully told police he had been drinking prior to the accident. He told police he was on his cell phone trying to change the music in his car and when he looked up he had driven off the roadway.
IU LifeLine ambulance responded and evaluated Gulley at the scene. He refused to be transported to the hospital.
Gulley did submit to a breathalyzer test and had a blood alcohol level of 0.29 percent.
Gulley was transported to the hospital for a blood draw, medically evaluated, and given a CT scan.
Damages were estimated between $5,001 to $10,000. Gulley’s vehicle was towed by Mikels Towing and Recovery LLC.
