VAN BUREN TWP. — A 50-year-old Indianapolis man was taken to a hospital on July 8 after he crashed his moped into a tree while driving on Christianburg Road.
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholson Briles responded to the crash near Hamilton Creek Road around 7 p.m. A volunteer with the Southern Brown Volunteer Fire Department was helping the moped driver, Calvin Byrd. A bystander told Briles she was driving north on Christianburg and saw Byrd lying under his moped, so she stopped to help him and call 911, according to the accident report.
Briles reported that Byrd was confused and slightly disoriented when speaking with police about what happened.
The bystander told Briles that Byrd had told her he was driving north when he came around a curve and a car flashed their lights at him, causing him to swerve off the road. Byrd then struck a tree, which ejected him from the moped. He then slid on the ground and stopped under a fence with his moped on top of him.
He was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for a head injury and further evaluation. He was not wearing a helmet, the report said.
The moped was towed.
