August 22, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Two pickup trucks collided Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Highways 70 & 83 near Kilgore’s Restaurant.
According to Trooper Brent Collier of the Tennessee Highway Patrol 35 year old Billy Johnson of Short Mountain Road, McMinnville was north on Highway 83 (New Home Road) in a 1988 Dodge Ram pickup truck when he crossed Highway 70 and into the path of a 2005 Chevy pickup truck, driven by 23 year old Rachel Checchi of Smithville who was traveling east on Highway 70.
Checchi was taken by DeKalb EMS to the hospital but she wasn’t believed to have been seriously injured.
Johnson was not hurt and neither were his passengers, 39 year old Crystal Dillon, 20 year old Jacob Pollard, and 23 year old Tiffani Pollard all of McMinnville. Johnson was cited for failure to yield.