Local man injured in single-vehicle accident

A single-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on Pembroke-Oak Grove Road injured the driver.

The report from the Christian County Sheriff’s Department says 32-year old Dewayne Johns of Hopkinsville had been northbound near Bradshaw Road when he lost control of his vehicle and went off the road and into the ditch.

Johns was taken by EMS to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for back pain.

He told deputies a tire blowout may have caused the accident.