Man falls asleep while driving and wrecks into embankment
GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – A single collision wreck left someone trapped inside their vehicle.
On November 13, 2024, around 12:02 pm, deputies were dispatched to the 7500 block of State Route 97, South of Sedalia, in reference to a single vehicle, injury, traffic collision.
After arrival deputies learned that David Perry age 71 of Tri City area, was traveling southbound on State Route 97 when he fell asleep behind the wheel.
His vehicle exited the east side of State Route 97, drove down the shoulder, hit several rocks and dirt embankments before overturning.
The vehicle then hit a tree before coming to rest in a deep creek bed.
Perry was trapped inside the vehicle with the creek water rising due to heavy rain fall.
Perry was taken to Jackson Purchase Medical Center Emergency Room with non-life-threatening injuries.
Members of the Sedalia Volunteer Fire Department, along with Members of the Mayfield / Graves County EMS were able to extricate Perry from the vehicle.
