Accident news in Southern Middle Tennessee
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating an incident after two people were discovered deceased after a pursuit Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. in Coffee County. The chase began after the driver did not pull over when a state trooper attempted to do a traffic stop. After the car crashed near the 120 mile-marker it burst …
A head-on crash collision that involved three vehicles cost the life of two area residents on Sunday night. The crash occurred around 6:45 p.m. on the Wattendorf Memorial Highway at Grady Finney Road near AEDC in Coffee County. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 62-year-old James Shaw, of Estill Springs was driving a 2016 Dodge …
On Monday night, Coffee County High School junior Jalie Ruehling was on the basketball floor helping her team in a game against McMinn County. On Tuesday afternoon she was being airlifted from the scene of head-on collision in Grundy County. Ruehling was driving on Highway 50 up the mountain from the Pelham area toward where …
Coffee County Basketball Star Injured in Tuesday Car Crash Read More »
74-year-old Ronnie Dale McCormick of Rock Island was seriously injured Wednesday morning when his Dodge pick-up collided with a Warren County ambulance. When the man attempted cross over the Sparta Highway from Goodbar Road is when the crash occurred. Ambulance personnel Steven Dwayne Sharpe and Melissa Dawn White were injured and taken to the hospital …
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A single vehicle injury crash occurred during severe thunderstorms on Saturday night. 63 year-old Jonathan Martin was driving his tractor-trailer eastbound on I-24 in Grundy County near the Pelham exit. Martin had veered off the roadway onto the left side, he attempted to regain control of the truck, but had over corrected to the right, …
A Manchester man was killed in a one vehicle crash on Friday afternoon (12/17/2021) at 4:16PM on I-24 westbound around near mile-marker 84. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the driver, 46 year-old Erik Elgouhary of Manchester was traveling in his 2005 Dodge Ram 2500. Elgouhary lost control of the vehicle and veered off the right side of …
On Tuesday (Dec. 14) morning at 8:30 a.m. a 2018 Ford Mustang driven by Dana Meares 50 of Riceville. TN and a 2002 Chevy Suburban driven by Henry Davies 63 of Nashville, TN were traveling eastbound on I-24 near the 109 mile-marker in Coffee County. The Mustang was in the right lane and attempted to …
3-Vehicle I-24 Crash Tuesday Morning in Coffee County Read More »
A man and his girlfriend were arrested Friday evening after he crashed into a car on Highway 55. According to Troopers Wade Myers and Ben Cannon a 2006 Buick, driven by 68 year-old Bobby Towry of Morrison was traveling eastbound on Highway 55 when he traveled into the westbound lane and struck a 2015 Nissan …
On Monday night (Nov. 29, 2021) at 11:00 p.m. a one-vehicle accident took place on Interstate 24. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 2021 Hyundai Sonata driven by Cornelia Pollard age 33 of Chattanooga Tn was traveling east in the left lane of I-24 when the vehicle left the roadway striking a bridge pier …
Two Fatal Crashes in Coffee County on I-24 takes the Lives of Three People Read More »
Traffic was snarled in Manchester on Thursday morning after a tractor trailer overturned on Interstate-24. Drivers on the interstate were routed through the city and slowed traffic during a time travel is slow due to school zones and construction work at the Hwy 41/55 intersection. Emergency crews worked for several hours before clearing the wreckage, …
Traffic Slowed in Manchester on Thursday due to Overturned Truck on I-24 Read More »
