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• Tractor Trailer Wreck on I-65 Outside Nashville Claims Life
  Feb 12, 2010

  
  A Tractor trailer wreck on I-65 outside of Nashville claimed a trucker's life.  I-65 reopened near Bethel Road after the fatal wreck involving three semi-trailers, two cars and a pick up truck.   One of the truck drivers was killed and two of the other drivers were injured.  
  
  Police suspect that high winds caused the first semi-truck driver to lose control and crash causing his death.  That crash caused the other vehicles to wreck.   
  
  No word of the extent of injuries to the other drivers.    - 1 - 10

• I-440 East On-Ramp in Nashville is More Dangerous Than Ever
  Jan 15, 2010

  
  The steep curve at the I-440 on ramp from 40 eastbound in Davidson Co. has seen a sharp increase in accidents in the past five years.
  
  The Metro police department and Tennessee Highway patrol have worked a total of 121 accidents on the curve in the past five years, 28 of which resulted in serious injuries. These numbers are 10 times higher than five years ago.  
  
  In an effort to curb the accidents TDOT has begun an experimental texturing project that should give vehicles more traction.  It used a machine to give the surface of the road more texture, but TDOT wasn't satisfied, so it now has a new plan.  TDOT is going to try a different method of the road grinding.  "This machine will grind up the surface of the roadway and give us some texture and hopefully help with people skidding on that surface," said a spokesman for TDOT.   The TDOT spokesman also stated that the angle of the curve at 40/440 is not a flawed design, but insisted that people should obey the 45 miles per hour speed limit.  
  
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• Nashville Ambulance Driver Suffered Medical Crisis Before Fatal Wreck
  Jan 14, 2010

  
  The Nashville ambulance crash, that killed paramedic  driving the ambulance and the 78 year old passenger Sue Bly , may have been caused by the preexisting medical conditions of the driver.
  
  The ambulance driver, David Cline, had a history of vehicle accidents caused by seizures and a condition called narcolepsy which causes a person to fall asleep uncontrollably at any given time.  Cline was also sending text messages before the crash but investigators do not think Cline was texting at the moment of impact because the phone was found on his body not among the debris scattered around the wreck site.
  
  The fatal accident occurred when the ambulance drifted off the road and struck a TDOT vehicle at more that 50-mph without ever hitting the brakes.
  
  Cline had his license suspended 10 years ago, after an accident on Christmas Day when he had a seizure and struck a light pole. His license was reinstated a few months later, after his doctor filled out paperwork saying he was fit for driving, according to the report. Cline, who also worked as a firefighter in Franklin, had a seizure on that job several years ago.
  
  If an employer knows, of should have known of a dangerous medical condition of an employee, the employer may be held liable for "negligent entrustment."  If the employer is found to be negligent for entrusting a vehicle to an, "at risk" employee, the employer may be help liable for damage caused by the employee.  
  
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• Nashville Metro Officer Injured in Wreck
  Jan 06, 2010

  
  Nashville Metro police department officer Frank Campbell was injured while assisting motorists who had run off the road near the I-440 East ramp at I-40 East.
  Mauray Santulli, lost control of his pickup and collided with Officer Campbell's squad car which was parked on the side of the road. Luckily neither the Officer nor Santulli's injuries were life-threatening.
  An investigation is continuing into whether any charges will be placed.  
  
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• Lebanon TN Man Dies in School Bus Wreck
  Dec 08, 2009

  
  A Lebanon TN man was killed in a crash involving a school bus and the deceased's truck.  The collision occurred on Highway 109 near Bates Road in Wilson County.  The  bus had stopped to let children off when the pickup hit the school bus from behind.
  
  A spokes person for the THP stated that the driver of the truck was Phillip Houston of Lebanon.  There was also a minor female passenger riding in the truck.  She was transported to UMC with non life threatening injuries.  
  
  There were four elementary school children on the school bus at the time of the wreck but none of the children were injured.  
  
  THP and Wilson County Emergency Management are investigating the accident.  
  
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• Tennessee Roadways See Fewer Deaths in 2009
  Dec 02, 2009

  
  Deaths on Tennessee roadways are dow according to the Tennessee Highway patrol.  The THP attributes stricter laws to the drop in roadway fatalities since 2005. 
  
  October of 2008 saw 805 fatalities where 2009 has seen 707 deaths thus far in 2009.  Officials say the drop is due in large part to people paying more attention to the law.  The THP has achieved this through grants that have allowed officers to step up enforcement of DUI, aggressive driving , texting and seatbelt laws.  The heavier enforcement has forced people to pay more attention to their driving.  
  
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• Lebanon Car Wreck on I-40 Claims Life
  Nov 02, 2009

  
  A car accident in Lebanon TN on I-40 near the Beckwith Road exit claimed the life of old Brian P. Ralls, 23 of Brentwood.  The crash occurred when the vehicle driven by 19-year-old Cody L. Ingram of Lebanon crossed the median on I-40, and hit two vehicles going the other direction.  The driver of the first vehicle hit was John H. Ray, 48, from IL who survived the crash.
  
  The interstate was shut down due to the three car pile up.  - 7 - 10

• Child in Car Safety Seat Survives Murfreesboro TN Bus Crash
  Oct 30, 2009

  
  A child survived a collision of a car and a school bus because she was secured in a child car safety seat.  The crash occurred in Murfreesboro TN near Riverdale High School, in Rutherford County.  The driver of the vehicle was killed when her vehicle collided with the school bus.
  
    Police said Jessica Moss crossed the center line and hit the bus, driven by Acie Lawrence, head-on.  Moss had to be extricated from the vehicle and died a short time later. The baby who was in the back seat at the time of the accident is now with relatives.       - 8 - 10

• Baby Seriously Injured By Wrong Car Seat
  Oct 28, 2009

  
  A Cookeville woman and her two year old child were seriously injured in a car accident on highway 136 in Putnam County, TN.  The child's booster car safety seat was not was not appropriate for his age which caused him to be ejected through one of the car windows during the crash.  A second child was in the vehicle in an appropriate car seat  and was not seriously injured according to a spokesman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
  The automobile accident occurred on October 26^th, 2009 just north of Village Road on highway 136 outside of Cookeville.  Kimberly Lynn Johnson of Spruce Avenue, Cookeville, was driving a 1994 Toyota Corolla and her sister, Ashley Nicole Garcia was riding in the front passenger seat. Garcia's two children, Monica Nicole Garcia, 17 months, and Alex Alonzo Garcia, 2, were in the back seat.  
  
  The driver lost control of the car causing it to run off the right side of the road where it then began flipping as many as three times.  The two year old child that was ejected landed in the northbound lane of the highway.   
  
  A life flight medical emergency helicopter flew the child to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. - 9 - 10

• Macon County Head On Collision Critical Injures Portland Woman
  Oct 22, 2009

  
  A Portland, TN woman was critically injured in a head on collision on Highway 10, just outside of Lafayette, TN.  Jennifer Gilliam, of Sumner County was traveling South down the Highway 10 hill while Calvin Johnson Jr. of Macon County, TN was traveling North up the well known hill.   The two vehicles crashed head on into each other.
  
  The responding officers were of the opinion that Gilliam lost control and crossed over the line striking the vehicle driven by Johnson.  The responding officer stated that upon arrival to the scene he "found the driver of the flatbed outside of his truck, but the young woman in the Explorer was unresponsive and her vehicle was on fire." Gilliam was transported to Macon General Hospital and then to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.  The condition and injuries of Johnson was unknown.  
  
  Highway 10 was closed from the Lafayette City limits to Fergusson Hill Road for clean up of the accident.   
  
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