Two Drivers Seriously Injured in Tennessee Car Accident

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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