Two Coffee Countians Killed in I-24 Crash

April 29, 2021

Interstate 24 westbound just outside Coffee County was closed for several hours Thursday due to a deadly crash.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol says two passenger cars were involved. According to THP, 19-year-old Sebastien Tarin from Manchester and 65-year-old Stanley Peterson from Beechgrove were killed. A third person, 22-year-old Zachary Parsley from Manchester was injured.

Preliminary investigation shows a 2012 Ford Escape driven by Tarin was traveling east on Interstate 24 near mile marker 95 when it left the roadway and continued to cross the median entering the westbound lanes, hitting Peterson’s 2015 Nissan Frontier head-on.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,993 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.