A Kentucky man is facing charges after he went on a beer run while intoxicated and his son jumped out of his truck, leaving him in a coma.
Austin Brooks, 40, was driving intoxicated on his way to purchase more beer in Scott County last week with his son and nephew in the bed of his pickup truck. His nephew told deputies that Brooks was driving too fast, especially since the road was wet.
As they approached the area of Love’s Truck Stop and the 136 overpass, the son and nephew grew concerned that Brooks would drive onto the interstate. They banged on the truck cab in an attempt to grab Brooks’ attention, but he never stopped his truck.
Because of his intoxicated state, the boys feared for their lives and jumped from the truck. Brooks’ nephew sustained minor injuries, but his son is in a coma at the University of Kentucky Hospital with a possible brain injury.
Brooks is charged with wanton endangerment, endangering the welfare of a minor and leaving the scene of an accident.