Photo Courtesy of Mark Clem This afternoon, a Cadillac crashed into the Mark Clem Insurance building in Rockwood. Police and fire departments responded, rescuing an elderly woman driver and a young child from the vehicle. Both occupants were unharmed and did not require hospital transport. The building sustained significant damage. …
Read More »Single Car Crash in South Roane County Saturday Shuts down Hwy 72
A Sweetwater man is fortunate to not be seriously injured following a single-vehicle crash on Saturday morning. In Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Deckers report it stated Devon Wattenbarger, Age: 20 From Sweetwater, TN, had only minor scratches even though his 2003 Honda Accord impacted several trees along a section of …
Read More »UPDATE: Car goes into water near the Hwy 70 Bridge in Kingston
An accident on Tuesday left a car in the water under the Hwy 70 bridge in Kingston. Multiple emergency units responded to the scene around 7pm. The vehicle had three occupants, 19-year-old Joshua Shillings, 18-year-old Isaac Collins, and 21-year-old Robert Lawson, who all escaped just before the car was fully …
Read More »A Car Goes into Water in Kingston, but no serious Injuries Involved
Update: On 09/29/2020, at approximately 1915 hours, officers with the Kingston Police Department responded to West Race Street in reference to an automobile crash. Officers came into contact with Joshua Shillings, age 19, Isaac Collins, age 18 and Robert Lawson, age 21. Upon investigation, it was found that Joshua Shillings was the …
Read More »Update: 84-year-old dies in Morgan County accident on Monday
Photo Courtesy WECO Radio Edward Wilkinson, age 84, of Lancing, was killed Monday morning following an accident on the Stephens Mountain portion of Highway 62 near Coalfield. According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report, Wilkinson was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic south on Highway 62 when he traveled off the …
Read More »Single Vehicle Accident sends one to the hospital
Rockwood fire and police responded to a single-vehicle accident just before 9 p.m. last night across from the pawn shop on North Gateway Avenue. One lane of Highway 27 southbound was sealed off for Emergency Equipment as the vehicle left the road and rolled down the embankment with three persons …
Read More »Fatal wreck on Hwy 61 leaves the roadway closed for hours.
Highway 61 leading into Oliver Springs is closed at this time and more than likely for the next several hours as cleanup continues of an overturned tractor-trailor truck after an accident last night around 10:30 pm. The truck was hit head-on by an oncoming car, causing the truck to leave …
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