Accident news in Southern Middle Tennessee
A 21-year-old Murfreesboro man was transported to a Nashville hospital after severing his hand while attempting to shoot fireworks from the sunroof of a car. An unidentified Murfreesboro man was holding a mortar in his left hand when it exploded on Wednesday night. A 20-year old woman who was also in the vehicle suffered slight …
The number of fatal crashes in Tennessee is on the rise compared to past years. In total there have been 584 reported fatal crashes from January to June, according to that data. Compared to both 2019 and 2020, there have been about 100 more fatal crashes this year so far. Out of all that data, …
Early Thursday afternoon the Coffee County Communication Center received a call from a group of people that they had discovered a body near the Fire Lake Bridge in Coffee County. Coffee County deputies arrived on the scene to secure the area and the Coffee County Rescue Squad was able to recover a male deceased body …
An infant was airlifted to a Nashville hospital after a near-drowning in Cannon County over the weekend. WKRN-TV reports that Cannon County Emergency Management said the child was discovered in a swimming pool on K. Parker Road Sunday night. The infant was transported by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, according to emergency officials. There has …
Around 5:30am Sunday morning a male and female were walking on the sidewalk along Hwy 53 north near Powers Storage and Ewell St. Manchester Police reports that a man driving a Ford Expedition struck the two pedestrians. The female, Carletta Carter, age 44, apparently received serious injuries and male had non-life-threatening wounds. The driver of …
Two people walking Struck by Vehicle on Hwy 53 in Manchester on Sunday Read More »
A horrific tragedy occurred Monday afternoon in Shelbyville when a 6-year-old boy accidentally fatally shot himself. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, the mother called 911 shortly before 2 p.m. She told the operators her son had accidentally shot himself in the head and was not breathing, The child was airlifted to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital where …
Accidental Shooting takes the Life of Shelbyville Boy Read More »
On May 4, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Chattanooga District responded to a BOLO from the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) that their troopers were in pursuit of a stolen Rolls-Royce out of Georgia. THP Sergeant David McVey observed the stolen vehicle speeding at 177 mph on I-24 WB in Marion County, Tennessee. The stolen vehicle …
Stolen Rolls-Royce from Georgia Crashes in Grundy County after being clocked at 177 mph Read More »
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 McMinnville man was injured inside the McMinnville Walmart store Friday afternoon.According to Lieutenant Lisa Norris of the McMinnville Police Department around 4pm 28 year-old Robert Harris of McMinnville was inside Walmart and had entered the fitting room to try on pants when his 9mm pistol fell out of his pocket, hit the floor and …
Back on March 23 a five year-old child from Tullahoma was killed and a 6 year-old along with two adults were injured in a head-on crash on Highway 64 in Bedford County. Cristian Ruiz, age 19 from Madison, TN has now been charged one count of vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated assault. According …
Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide after a child was Killed in Two-Car Crash Read More »
