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Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline was drinking before he crashed an all-terrain vehicle on his property in Delaware, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
The Dispatch obtained the Delaware County Sheriff's Office's case report that provided more details on the crash that occurred on Sunday morning.
In the report, the 36-year-old Hartline told medics that he had been drinking earlier that night, after deputies were dispatched to the scene just past 1 a.m. ET in response to his sister Jaimie calling 911.
“Hartline and another man identified as Joshua Gaylor, who was riding with him in the vehicle, were taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital,” wrote Joey Kaufman of the Dispatch on Monday.
“An Ohio State spokesperson on Monday afternoon said Hartline had been released and since returned home. A statement from the school said the injuries sustained by Hartline were not life-threatening.”
Hartline was not required to do a sobriety test at the scene of the rollover accident in Delaware.
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The report itself does not say how much the OC had been drinking on the night of the crash. A spokesperson for the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office says that's because officers were too busy treating his injuries and getting him to the hospital.
There were several witnesses to the accident, including Ohio State offensive line coach Justin Frye, per the Dispatch.
Both Hartline and Gaylor were confirmed to have been drinking by Jaimie Hartline in the 911 call. The officer who conducted the report also said that his room “had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.”
Brian Hartline has been on Ohio State's staff since 2017, being elevated to offensive coordinator in January after playing wide receiver for the program.
