 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing with 40 years of being in the hearing care industry. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. Hunter McLeod was living his dream on the Dean's List, planning his wedding and winning races. However, on May 22nd, McLeod was involved in an accident resulting in the loss of his left arm. What actually happened was I come down 80 and the brakes got a little bit hot going to where you turn off to go to Heinemann, Kentucky. I knew something was up and I was just trying to get the job done. I've always been the person trying to get the job done. I had a 25 ton gravel on me and I had got to the top of the hill there going where you turn over to go to Isom, Kentucky or I guess Heinemann. I'd get ready to go into Heinemann and there's a little hill there and I lost brakes at the top of the hill and I started down that hill and I'd actually got over, I'd slowed the truck down and got over to the side of the road and I'd let three or four people by me. And like I said, while I'd done that I thought I could get the truck slowed down but when I'd peeked over that hill and they went by me and I knew, I hit the brakes and there was no brakes. So it was a case of let's just make sure everybody else is okay. So we got about a quarter mile away to where the turn off you turn right out there and I was going probably about 40 and I couldn't stop it. So I got right up to my left hand and I grabbed the air horn and luckily everybody got out of the way and I turned it over and I guess just the impact hit and it shoved my arm out the window and from there the good Lord got me out from the truck and I was in the windshield and like I said, it's just a miracle. A miracle to be sitting here. McLeod played in two state football championships for Johnson Central High School and played at the University of Pikeville before the pandemic but he attributes his career in racing to his family. Well, he's actually my brother, Garrett. He got back into it. He actually went to play football at Campbellville University and decided that it just wasn't for him and he came back home and he actually got a sport mod and from there ever since I was in high school and everything, I always wanted to do it. I'm always competitive with him. I always had to be better than him so that's really kind of how I got back into it. My dad's racing since the 90s. My papa owned 201 Speedway so it's kind of in my blood so that's how we got back into racing. McLeod plans to begin student teaching in the fall and resume racing before the end of the year. I plan to get back in it as soon as possible. My brother actually raced last weekend and won in it but I plan to be back in it before the end of the year but I got to get healed up first after this wreck and it's very unfortunate circumstances but the good Lord has a plan for me and that's my message right now, my testimony. He's always got a plan and we got to know why and we ask why, why he does things because I was doing so good. I mean I had feature wins, I had a good getting ready to get married and then this wreck happens and I'm just very grateful to be alive and be able to live my life so he has good plans for me that the good Lord does and anybody asked me, he was there with me that day and plans just to keep on living and make the best of it. His family has set up a GoFundMe to help cover medical expenses. To donate go to gofund.me backslash F2AC 6D12. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.