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Owensboro man airlifted to hospital after car overturns in ditch

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DAVIESS CO., KY (WFIE) -

An Owensboro man was airlifted to an Evansville hospital after a car accident in which deputies believe alcohol was involved.

The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says 23-year-old Andrew N. Derington was driving northbound on Wrights Landing Road and failed to stop at the intersection of Highway 2830.

Deputies say the vehicle slid through the intersection, went off the road, down an embankment, and overturned into a ditch.

Derington had to be cut from the vehicle and was airlifted to St. Mary's in Evansville with non-life threatening injuries.

23-year-old Roger D. Greathouse Jr. and 24-year-old Jeffrey T. Love were passengers in Derington's car but were not injured.

Deputies believe alcohol is be a factor and are still investigating the incident.

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