Fuel Tanker Accident Causes Extended Livingston Road Closure
A single vehicle accident in Livingston has caused extended road closures at the intersection of Monterey Highway and Highway 111. Police Chief Greg Etheredge said a tanker truck carrying fuel ran off the Monterey Highway exit ramp and rolled over into the ditch line early Thursday morning. “We’re having a little fuel leakage from it,” […]
I-40 Accident Slows Traffic; Man Airlifted
A Pegram man airlifted to Nashville’s Skyline Medical Center Thursday afternoon after his vehicle left Interstate 40 and struck a tree. The accident happened just before 2pm near mile marker 274 in Putnam County. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 54-year-old Milton Sauls was travelling eastbound when his car left the right side of the […]
Cookeville Man Killed In Sparta Accident
A Cookeville man died Monday afternoon in a crash at Sparta’s West Bockman Way and Highway 111. 88-year-old John Davis died when he attempted to make a left turn from Highway 111 onto Bockman Way. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Davis was struck by 62-year-old Glyn England. England was traveling westbound on Bockman Way. […]
Sparta Man Flees Scene After 111 Wreck
A Sparta man faces charges of evading arrest, leaving the scene of a crash and due care after a Monday night incident on Highway 111 just off I-40. 31-year-old Rhett A. Verble ran off the left side of the roadway near Fleetguard Road as he traveled north, striking a guard rail. The car began to […]
Cookeville Woman Dies In Head-On Collision
A Cookeville woman died Friday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving collided head-on with a dump truck. 36-year-old Casey Douglas died on the scene. A male passenger, Johnathan Douglas of Baxter, was life-flighted to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The accident happened around 2:00pm Friday afternoon. According to Cookeville Police, Douglas was traveling southbound on Willow […]
Tractor Trailer Crashes Down I-40 Embankment
A Fed-Ex tractor trailer crashed through an Interstate 40 guardrail Thursday night going down an embankment. The driver, 36-year-old Leonel Salce-Guzman, and a passenger in the truck was not injured in the accident. It happened around 8:45pm Thursday night near mile marker 295. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the truck was pulling two trailers […]
