Accident news in Southern Middle Tennessee
In a follow-up to a story On Target News reported on Monday, Lori Stokes Peels, age 51, from Bedford County, died following a head-on collision on Highway 82 near the Moore County, Bedford County line on Friday night. The Tennessee Highway Patrol, the two vehicles were traveling on Highway 82 when Corbin Springer, age 21, …
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 82 near Toby Lane in Moore County on Friday night. The accident occurred just after 7 p.m., just south of the Bedford County line. Highway 82 was closed for several hours during the investigation by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
A police pursuit began in Grundy County on Sunday night and ended on the bluff of Lookout Mountain overlooking Trenton, GA. Grundy County deputies pursuing a van driven by Barry May, who was wanted in Illinois on multiple drug charges and jumping bail. Dade and Walker County, GA deputies joined the pursuit on Highway 136. …
Police Pursuit that began in Grundy County Ended on Lookout Mountain Bluff Read More »
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is joining states across the nation to ask motorists to Work with Us – move over and slow down for highway workers. TDOT will spread that message statewide during National Work Zone Awareness Week, which is going on now. Awareness Week is done to improve safety on Tennessee’s interstate and highway construction …
In 2020, nearly 39,000 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes on U.S. roadways—an increase of roughly 7% from 2019, according to the most recent data released in 2022 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Stacker ranked data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to identify the highways in …
Report says I-24 Second Deadliest Roadway in Tennessee Read More »
A fatal accident occurred on Thursday night in Manchester on Hwy 41 at Volunteer Parkway. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the crash took place around 11:30 PM when a 17 year-old driving a Chevrolet Silverado was traveling eastbound and swerved to avoid a pedestrian that was in the roadway. The THP said the truck …
Pedestrian Killed in Thursday Night Accident in Manchester Read More »
A fatal accident occurred on Monday night at 9:25 on the Hillsboro Hwy near LKQ. According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) report, 60-year-old Timothy Sullivan and 68-year-old James Rowland were fighting in the roadway. A tractor-trailer driven by 36-year-old Dobromir Nikolov of Illinois was unable to stop before striking the pedestrians. Sullivan died as …
Fatal Accident on the Hillsboro Hwy Monday Night Read More »
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that on Sunday morning at 7:45, a 2016 Freightliner was traveling west on I- 24 around mile-marker 130 located in Grundy County. The 18-wheeler driven by Netsere B. Waka from Georgia went off the left side of the roadway, struck a guard rail, crossed the median, into a 2016 Chevrolet …
A 17 year-old Moore County High School student was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Saturday morning. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that a Kia Soul driven by 20-year-old Kaden White was driving west on State Route 55 near the high school when it left the roadway, going into a ditch and hitting a culvert …
Moore County High School Killed in Saturday Morning Crash Read More »
The parents of 17-year-old Janae Edmonson, a Smyrna High School volleyball player who lost her legs after being hit by a car in St. Louis, pleaded with a judge to keep the suspect behind bars awaiting trial. On Tuesday, her parents told the court she’s now on a ventilator, and they are struggling with how …
Suspect in the Accident that caused Smyrna Volleyballer to Lose Her Legs Denied Bond Read More »
