Accident news in Southern Middle Tennessee
Fatality crashes are on the rise as drivers get back out on the roads, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. So far in 2020, 609 people have died on Tennessee roads. This is compared to 605 people during the same amount of time last year. That number is going slightly up, despite the COVID-19 pandemic …
An 11 year-old girl suffered injuries after an electrocution incident at the Babe Ruth field in Fred Deadman Park in Manchester on Friday night around 9:45 p.m. According to a report in the Manchester Times, Bonnie Gamble the director of parks and recreation said the girl felt an electrical current and could not move. Her …
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Coffee County resident 19 year-old Daniel McCullough is in critical condition after an accident on Friday night. The motorcycle accident occurred around 8 p.m. near Barton Springs No other vehicle was involved in the accident. McCullough was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
A drowning has taken the life of a Tullahoma man at Tims Ford Lake. TWRA officers responded to a drowning around 12:15 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. The TWRA reported a man in his 50’s voluntarily jumped from a pontoon boat near Wiseman Bend in Franklin County and went missing. A remote operated vehicle (ROV) was …
One person was killed after an accident on Interstate 24 in Rutherford County. Emergency crews responded to the scene happened Friday night at mile marker 85 just past the Joe B. Jackson Parkway exit around 8 p.m. Traffic was diverted to Highway 41 South towards Manchester. On Target News will update this story as soon …
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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