Accident news in Southern Middle Tennessee
A Warren Co. man appeared in court Tuesday on charges of criminal homicide and leaving the scene of a crash with a fatality.49 year-old Gary Driver was granted a preliminary hearing and will appear back in court July 21. Driver faces charges in the May 11 death of 71 year-old Mildred Herrin who lived on …
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On Sunday, (6/14/2020) Tullahoma Fire Department received a call from Coffee County Communication Center that a garage, which turned out to be a home was on fire at 112 South Washington St. Fire department units were dispatched around 6:30pm and were notified that someone inside the home was disabled and unable to get out. Police …
Manchester Fire Rescue responded mutual aid to assist the Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Dept on Monday for multiple vehicles on fire at LKQ on Hillsboro Blvd. When fire units arrived on scene the found multiple vehicles involved in fire. LKQ personnel had moved the vehicles away from other vehicles in the lot to keep the fire …
A work-related fatal accident occurred on Monday at the Morrison Bridgestone plant in Warren County. Beau Christopher Lowe, 33, of Warren County was killed when a steel mold fell on him. The steel weighed between 1,200-1,400 pounds. Reports indicate that a bolt broke causing the heavy steel to land on Lowe. An investigation is being …
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Thursday night the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Monteagle Police Department with three overdose investigations. One of those overdoses was fatal, marking the fourth drug-related death since April from possible drugs laced with fentanyl. Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum confirmed investigators were called around 6:00 pm to the hospital in Sewanee after a 26-year-old …
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24-year-old Johnny Baldwin of Warrenville, Illinois, drowned in Tims Ford’s Boiling Fork Creek early Thursday morning. Apparently before the drowning Baldwin was attempting to evade police in a vehicle chase that began in Decherd and ended on foot in Winchester’s Ross Lane area. The man went into the water where he later drowned. His family …
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A 15-year-old girl from Manchester drowned while kayaking with her parents on the Duck River in Bedford County Sunday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The TWRA reported the Manchester family began the day by kayaking a section of the river below Normandy Dam. At Cortner Mill, an old low head dam, the …
Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum has confirmed that there was a recreational ATV fatality off North Campbell Road in Altamont on Saturday. The victim was Connie Sue Kassner, 56, from Brasstown, North Carolina. According to GCSO, Kassner and another family member were riding separate ATVs in the Bluemont area. Witnesses stated that she was not …
The Franklin County EMA & Rescue was dispatched to “Devil Step” boat dock Saturday for a boat on fire. The fire was put out by the teamwork from the Broadview Fire Department and Winchester Fire Department. No one was injured. Authorities advise to check your boat for malfunctions before launching and always be sure to have …
45 year Thomas (Matthew) Sullenger was killed in a two-vehicle crash late Tuesday afternoon in the Mulberry community. Sullenger grew up in Moore County, but was living and working in Lincoln County. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, Sullenger was driving east on the Lynchburg Highway in Mulberry around 5:30 p.m. when for …
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