Tell City Man Arrested For July 4th Drunk Driving Accident That Injured Multiple People

From Law Enforcement Sources 

SPENCER COUNTY -- A Tell City man arrested Wednesday and charged for allegedly driving drunk, crashing and injuring four pedestrians.

It happened this past Fourth of July on State Road 545 in New Boston.

Two juveniles and a Tell City woman in the other vehicle were also injured.

28-year-old Patrick Taylor-Gerber is now charged with four felonies for those injuries while driving with a scheduled I or II substance in his body.

He’s also facing four felony counts of OWI Causing Serious Bodily Injury.

He’s lodged in the Spencer County jail on $10,000 dollars cash bond.

Those injured have since been released from the hospital.

Gerber is expected to make his first appearance in Spencer County court Friday.