OLD MAYFIELD ROAD WAS SHUT DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLEICH ROAD THIS AFTERNOON FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR DUE TO AN INJURY ACCIDENT. 48 YEAR OLD JAMES BYARS OF PADUCAH WAS SOUTH BOUND ON OLD MAYFIELD ROAD. A TRUCK NORTH BOUND ON OLD MAYFIELD MADE A LEFT TURN ONTO BLEICH BLOCKING THE VIEW OF A VEHICLE TURNING ONTO OLD MAYFIELD FROM BLEICH. ACCORDING TO BYARS HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS 2000 MERCURY SABLE TRYING TO AVOID A COLLISION AND RAN INTO THE DITCH. BYARS WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOURDES BY MERCY FOR HEAD INJURY. HIS PASSENGER 14 YEAR OLD FORREST BLANKENSHIP WAS ALSO TRANSPORTED TO LOURDES BY MERCY FOR AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT KNEE. BLANKENSHIP WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. BYARS DUE TO HIS INJURY WAS CITED FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ( D.U.I. ). HENDRON FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED AT THE SCENE.

Thanks,

Deputy Greg Moyers

McCracken Co. Sheriff's Department