IIRC, this piece of work drove down an uncompleted freeway back during his first term as Louisiana governor. He slammed his car into a completed area of Interstate 49, and got some facial injuries. He broke his nose, and a cheekbone. He lost an eye, too.
Is my memory serving me correctly here?
I was in the Air Force at Barksdale AFB at the time.
You're thinking of Foster Campbell.