Brandon W. Bateman

A man who injured a Farmville family, including an infant, was found guilty March 15 in Bedford Circuit Court on all four charges he faced in connection to a Nov. 6 DUI wreck on Route 122 (Moneta Road) in Bedford County, according to reports.

Brandon Wayne Bateman, 35, of Goodview, was charged with two counts of maiming, driving while intoxicated (his fourth offence in 10 years), and driving with a revoked license (for past DUI offenses). He pleaded no contest to the charges and faces up to 10 years of active jail time.

He is expected to go through a mental health and substance abuse assessment, and sentencing is scheduled for June 24.

Bateman allegedly was driving more than 80 miles per hour and had a .19 blood-alcohol level after the wreck.

According to Virginia State Police in November, Bateman was driving a 1999 Ford F-150 south on Route 122 when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway, overcorrected, crossed the center line and struck a 2011 Jeep Patriot at 9:38 p.m. Nov. 6 one quarter mile north of Joppa Mill Road in Bedford County.

Bateman was not wearing his seatbelt and transported for injuries received in the crash.

The Jeep was driven by Nathan J. Everson Jr., 24, of Farmville. Everson was wearing his seatbelt and was transported to the hospital. The Jeep’s passengers, Megan K. Gary, 25, and an infant also were transported to the hospital for injuries received in the crash.

According to the Bedford Fire Department, both vehicles sustained heavy damage and required extraction. Two patients were taken by helicopter to Roanoke Memorial Hospital while a third patient was taken by ground.

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