Published: September 03, 2008 07:15 am      

Somerset man still critical after Friday wreck

Alcohol a suspected factor in crash

A Somerset man remains in critical condition after he was involved in a one-vehicle accident last Friday.

According to a University of Tennessee Medical Center spokesperson Tuesday afternoon, Shawn Creech, 26, Somerset, remains in critical condition after he was flown to the hospital, following an accident Friday around 6 p.m.

According to Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Scott West, the accident occurred when Creech was driving a pickup truck northbound on Ky. 1675 when he lost control, crossing over the centerline, going into a fence row and traveling approximately 100 feet. At that point, West said, the truck came back into the southbound lane and the front end dug into the ground. The truck stopped as if it had been traveling southbound.

Creech was ejected from the vehicle.

Two passengers in the truck, Charles S. Bryant, 27, Somerset, and Anthony Ping, 29, Somerset, were trans-ported to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital by Somerset Fire/EMS.

Tuesday afternoon Susan Ramsey Wilson, director of community relations at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, said both Bryant and Ping were treated in the emergency room and was were not admitted to the hospital.

At the scene of the accident, West said the department would be investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the accident.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Pulaski County Sheriff Todd Wood said they are still looking into the possibility that alcohol was involved.

“We believe evidence at the scene indicates alcohol was a factor in the accident,” said Wood.

Wood, however, said they didn’t have results of toxicology reports yet.

He said since Creech was taken to a hospital out of state, records for the toxicology reports will have to be subpoenaed before the department will know the results of any blood test which was performed on Creech. Wood said he hopes the process will be a fairly quick one.