May 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A McMinnville man has been charged with failure to exercise due care and registration violation after his car ran into the back of a boat trailer being towed by a Chevy Trailblazer Thursday on Highway 70 at Sligo Bridge.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 33 year old Joshua Young was driving a 2012 JGL Volkswagen west on Highway 70 and struck the rear of a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer, driven by 68 year old David Clark of Cookeville who was towing a trailer and boat and had stopped in the road signaling a left turn. The rear end collision resulted in disabling damage to the trailer and boat and minor damage to the Trailblazer. Neither Clark nor his passenger, 42 year old Eric Clark of Cookeville were injured. Young suffered possible minor injury to the head.
The crash was investigated by Trooper Caleb Bain of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.