An eight year old Eastman boy was injured in a one vehicle automobile accident and had to be transported by Air Evac helicopter to the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Will Westbrook (age 8), was ejected from the 2006 Kia Rio in which he was a passenger after the car overturned on a dirt road.
William Randy Durden (age 30), of Eastman was driving the Kia too fast for conditions east on E.B. Mullis Road. The car began to spin in a counterclockwise rotation and traveled onto the north shoulder where it struck the ditch embankment. The car then began to overturn and struck a tree.
Durden told the trooper that a deer ran into the roadway causing him to brake and lose control. The report stated that where Durden told the trooper that a deer came onto the road showed no signs of a deer.
Durden was injured, but refused transport by ambulance to the hospital.
Brett Durden (age 6), and Brooklyn Durden (age 4), were also passengers in the vehicle and were slightly injured, but were not transported to the hospital by ambulance.
None of the occupants were wearing seat belts.
All the occupants of the vehicle were from a 160 Reedy Branch Road address.