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MILFORD - A Goshen man is accused of driving a golf cart while drunk and causing serious bodily injury after allegedly striking a man on a golf course.
Bradley Culp, 37, refused to take a chemical test to determine his blood-alcohol level after the 3:24 p.m. accident on Big Boulder Golf Course in Milford. Culp was booked into the Kosciusko County Jail on preliminary charges of refusal to submit to chemical testing, public intoxication and driving while intoxicated/causing serious bodily injury. Bond was set at $2,000.
According to a report from the Milford Police Department, Mark D. Walter, 34, of East Rader Road, Warsaw, suffered a compound fracture to his lower left leg and a cut to his lower right leg. He was admitted to Goshen General Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition this morning.
Walter was playing golf at the course with Robert E. Eskridge of Syracuse when the cart Eskridge was driving was struck from behind.
Walter was pinned between the carts, where he returned to his cart to put his golf club back into his bag after hitting his ball. Emergency personnel were called to the scene
Culp reportedly smelled of alcohol when police arrived and questioned him regarding the accident.
The charging information was forwarded to the Kosciusko County prosecutor and the matter remains under investigation.
