A Walthourville man was injured Sunday in an ATV accident.
According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper Sgt. 1st Class Robert Balkcom, Emanuel Herrington, 37, was traveling at a high rate of speed on Hardwick Road in Walthourville when he applied the brakes and lost control of the ATV. It flipped and threw him off shortly after 6 p.m. When Walthourville police responded to the accident scene, they found Herrington bleeding from his head.
He was flown to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah by a medical helicopter. He is in stable condition, according to Balkcom, who added that the victim faces charges of DUI, traveling too fast for road conditions and operating an unsafe vehicle.
Man injured in ATV crash
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