State representative Joe Boylan was charged with driving while impaired in North Carolina after wrecking his Ford truck Thursday evening. Highway Patrol reports that Boylan crossed the center line on a rural road in Moore County, drove off the left side of the road and struck a tree in a ditch. A blood alcohol test was completed at the scene though the results are not known. The Republican lawmaker received minor injuries and was treated at a local hospital.
Boylan said that the incident was a