April 14, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The driver involved in a crash Friday morning on Holmes Creek Road claims he “blacked out” before running into two vehicles parked at a residence.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 28 year old Shawn Edwards of Smithville was traveling north in a 2011 Maroon Nissan Altima when he lost control and ran off the left side of the roadway into the yard of 7978 Holmes Creek Road hitting both a 2008 blue Toyota and a 1972 yellow Ford F100 pickup truck belonging to Troy and Jeanna Bain which were parked in the driveway of the residence. The impact of the crash forced the Toyota into a support beam of the home’s carport. Edwards’ car then struck a tree. Edwards said he blacked out while driving causing him to lose control and run off the roadway. No one was injured.
The accident was investigated by Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Meanwhile two people were involved in a wreck Sunday night on Barnes Mill Road.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 43 year old Troy R. Walls of Smithville was north on Barnes Mill Road in a 2001 Dodge R1500 pickup truck. 42 year old Shannon N. Walls was a passenger. The weather was stormy at the time and Walls struck a tree that had fallen across the roadway. Shannon Walls was taken by EMS to Ascension St. Thomas River Park Hospital in McMinnville for treatment of suspected minor injuries.
The accident was investigated by Trooper Benny Cannon of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
A Woodbury woman and child received minor injuries in a rollover crash last Monday, April 6 on Highway 146 (Short Mountain Highway).
According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 26 year old Mary Seward was traveling north in a 2001 Chevy when the car went off the right side of the road into a ditch while negotiating a curve. The car then struck a driveway culvert and overturned coming to a final rest on its top in the roadway.
Seward and her passenger, a 6 year old girl, were taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital for treatment of suspected minor injuries.