Tennessee Auto Accidents

• I-24 Traffic for Bonnaroo
  Jun 06, 2009

  The eighth annual Bonnarroo Music and Arts Festival starts Thursday night June 11, running through Sunday night June 14. Gates will open at 7 a.m. on Thursday with as many as 80,000 fans expected to attend from all over the United States.   THP Assistance/Bonnaroo Traffic Updates The Tennessee Highway Patrol will be out in force, 24 hours per day using cars, motorcycles, and helicopters. Motorists needing help can simply enter "THP" on their cell phones and they will be connected with a THP dispatcher.  Traffic updates can be obtained by dialing "511".  Exits Main Festival Exit from I-24 - Exit 111 (SR 55) will be used as the main festival exit. Alternate Festival Exits from I-24 - Exits 97, 105, 112 (temporary exit on westbound side only), 117 and 127 if congestion occurs on the interstate. Median Crossovers will be blocked and guarded Median crossovers will be blocked by The THP to prevent crossovers and parking. Injuries Going to or Coming From Bonnaroo Get immediate medical attention, photograph the scene, get the names and addresses of any witnesses, and Contact the Law Offices of Phillip Miller, 1/800-337-HURT For more information click here. .

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• Child Passenger Seat Ejected During Tennessee Car Accident
  Jun 04, 2009

  A toddler was seriously injured when her car seat was ejected from an overturning van on U.S. 231 North in northern Shelbyville.  The accident occurred early evening on Wednesday, May 27, 2009.

  Two-year-old Ana Singleton had been riding in an older model Chevrolet Astro van driven by her 24-year-old mother, Crystal Singleton.  Lt. Trey Clanton, an accident investigator with the Shelbyville Police Department said that it appeared as though the mother had lost control when the right rear tire came apart.  The van flipped over five times.

  Ana was listed in critical condition the morning after the Tennessee car accident at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.  Crystal was treated and released at Heritage Medical Center, said Clanton.

  The car seat landed approximately 20 yards south of the van and Ana was found lying unconscious next to the seat, said investigators, including Lt. Johnny Hunter of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

  Officers who responded to the scene told emergency radio dispatchers that Ana was unresponsive.

  The van was traveling northbound approximately a half-mile south of Shelbyville Municipal Airport when it veered off the right side of the road.  There were skid marks and tire tracks that indicated the van had slid through a grassy field into the front yard of a residence.  The path was estimated to be approximately 150 feet.

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• Tennessee Pickup Truck Accident Kills One Man, Injures Another
  May 28, 2009

  A man was killed in a Tennessee car accident on Saturday, May 16, 2009, when his pickup truck ran more than 150 feet off the road and struck half a dozen trees, according to authorities.

  Jeffrey Boatman, a 28-year-old Rogersville resident, was traveling west on Old Highway 11W at approximately 11:00 AM when he lost control of his 1995 Dodge pickup truck, said a Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatcher.  Trooper Robert Brooks said that Boatman’s pickup went off the road for 165 feet and hit six cedar trees.

  The pickup truck eventually rolled on its side, ripping off the top of the cab, killing Boatman.  The fatal Tennessee auto accident also injured Jeffrey’s brother, 30-year-old Norman, who was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident.  Norman’s condition was not available.

  Both brothers were wearing their seatbelts during the accident, although the safety device did not save Jeffrey’s life.

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• Two Drivers Seriously Injured in Tennessee Car Accident
  May 27, 2009

  A head-on crash on the morning of Friday, May 22, 2009, caused two drivers to sustain severe injuries.  The Tennessee car accident took place on state Route 99 near Rockvale, according to a state trooper.

  Emergency Medical Services paramedics treated Stacey Hyatt, a 37-year-old woman, while she was extricated from the wreckage of her 2008 Kia Rio by the Special Operations Response Team and Rutherford County Rescue Squad.  Hyatt was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center and was later flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.  She was listed as being in critical, but stable condition.

  Jerry L. Jones, a 59-year-old Rockvale resident, was also treated by paramedics and was taken to MTMC.

  Witnesses said that Hyatt crossed the center lane and went into Jones’ lane and he was unable to avoid her.  Hyatt had been driving toward Murfreesboro and Jones was heading toward Rockvale.

  Hyatt was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash, but Jones was not.  Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Kay Peay said “I think it would have made a difference if he had it on,” when explaining that Jones’ injuries might not have been as severe.

  Peay noted Hyatt’s failure to maintain her lane and control as contributing factors in the car accident.

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• UTC Student Killed in Drunk Driving Accident
  May 12, 2009

  According to Nashville Metro Police, a man from Centerville was driving drunk when he collided with another car head-on, which killed the other driver.  Ian McClellan was driving the wrong way on Interstate 40 heading westbound when he hit Katie Kerr’s car near the Davidson-Cheatham county line on the morning of Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

  Kerr, a 23-year-old UTC student, was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash.  She died at the scene of the accident.

  Responding officers said that McClellan, a 29-year-old man, smelled of alcohol and they discovered broken bottles in his 1996 Jeep Cherokee.

  McClellan later admitted that he had started drinking at 3:00 PM Tuesday in Spring Hill and he was eventually charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication, according to police.

  Kerr was heading home from her Bellevue job at a restaurant when the accident took place.  She graduated in 2004 from Dickson County High School and was a student at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga where she was majoring in English with a focus in International Studies.  Kerr was supposed to graduate from UTC this summer.

  Her brother Scott Kerr said that, “we’re all just shocked.  I don’t even know what to think of it right now.”

  Kerr was described as smart and someone who was always smiling and laughing.

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• Truck Driver Faces a Vehicular Homicide Charge in Knoxville, Tennessee
  Apr 28, 2009

  According to police, a motorcyclist was killed when he collided with a tree trimming truck on Asheville Highway.  The truck driver now faces a vehicular homicide charge after the motorcyclist died on the afternoon of Saturday, April 25, 2009.

  Kristopher K. Hawkins, a 26-year-old Mascot resident, was traveling west near the corner of Carta Road shortly after 3:00 PM when the tree-trimming truck that was heading east turned into a driveway in front of him, said Knoxville Police Department Sgt. Tom Fox.  Hawkins’ motorcycle struck the truck’s rear passenger side, throwing Hawkins from the motorcycle and killing him.

  Hawkins was wearing a helmet at the time of the motorcycle accident in Knoxville and so was his passenger, Holly Sise, a 25-year-old Strawberry Plains resident.  Sise was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, said Fox.

  Vincent Garcia, the 47-year-old truck driver from Lavergne, and his passenger were not injured in the crash, according to Fox.

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• Reserve Police Officer Critically Injured in Tennessee Wreck
  Apr 27, 2009

  Paula J. “P.J.” Lindahl, a 56-year-old woman from Maryville, was injured after her vehicle veered off Andy Harris Road, traveled approximately 50 feet down an embankment, bounced off a tree and flipped on its side.

  Lindahl had been driving a 2000 Toyota pickup truck heading east on Andy Harris Road, near Wildwood Road.  As she was negotiating a curve, her truck ran off the right side of the road, according to Marian O’Briant, public information officer for the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.

  O’Briant said that Lindahl had overcorrected her truck, went back into the westbound lane, overcorrected a second time and then drove off the right side of the road.  The truck fell about 50 feet down a bluff and struck a tree.

  “The vehicle bounced off the tree, went airborne to the left and did a nose dive straight down.  The vehicle flipped over on its side,” said O’Briant.

  Firefighters from Blount County had to cut the top off Lindahl’s vehicle to get her out.  She was carried in a Stokes basket to the top of the hill.  Lindahl was the only one in the truck at the time of the accident.

  O’Briant reported that Lindahl was wearing her seat belt at the time of the crash and that both airbags deployed from the impact.

  The Tennessee car wreck is being investigated by the Blount County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Safety Unit Crash Team.

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• Phillip Miller invited to speak to 1000 attorneys at New Jersey Seminar
  Apr 20, 2009

  
  Phillip has been invited to speak at the New Jersey Association for Justice's "Boardwalk Seminar" in Atlantic City, New Jersey April 23-24, 2009.  As one of a select group of out-of-state attorneys who will be speaking, he has been tapped to speak not once but 4 different times during the two day program. In addition to speaking, Phillip has been asked by the New Jersey Association for Justice to consult with individual members and run "Strategic Case Planning" workshops on individual cases on April 22, 23, and 24th. - 18 - 20

• Head on car crash family recovers $17 million jury verdict
  Apr 07, 2009

  New Jersey head on car crash family recovers $17 million jury verdict

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Lacey family injured in 2006 head on car crash compensated $17 million.

  Newark, N.J. (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–An Ocean County jury returned a $17 million civil trial personal injury lawsuit verdict for a Lacey family recently. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), the lawsuit was filed after the Lacey, New Jersey, family was struck on Route 9, in Tuckerton, when a driver crossed over the center line and collided with the Rodens head on in August 2006.

  Riding in the family car during the head on motor vehicle collision were the Roden family’s three young children. The mother, her husband and all three children were seriously injured in the automobile accident. One of the passenger children suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury which left her with permanent leg paralysis.

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• Former City Councilman Involved in Tennessee Car Accident
  Mar 26, 2009

  James “Super” Wolfe is recovering in the hospital from injuries he sustained during a car accident in the beginning of March that he said left him paralyzed for two hours.

  Wolfe sustained neck, spine and shoulder injuries from the accident and has been unable to work.  He said that he might need surgery on his neck, which has been in a brace since the crash.  Wolf is planning to go back to the doctor this week to discuss the possible operation.

  Wolfe was driving his Lincoln Navigator when he was rear-ended at the intersection of U.S. 45 and North Parkway.  He was with a friend on their way to do some work with his nonprofit organization.  According to Wolfe, he was stopped due to traffic in front of him when he felt the impact from behind.

  The passenger in Wolfe’s vehicle was not injured in the crash and had put a hand under Wolfe’s head to help stabilize him after he was thrown across the armrest.  Wolfe was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident and was taken to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital for treatment for his injuries.

  “I was paralyzed around a couple of hours – couldn’t move my arms, hands or neck – and after being laid out for a while, I could feel my feet moving, wiggle my feet and then my arm came back to me,” said Wolfe.  He also said that he is still in pain and has been taking medication to manage it.

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