November 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A McMinnville woman was injured in a rear end collision Wednesday afternoon on Highway 56 south.
48 year old Lori Smith was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital.
Smith was traveling south in a 1994 Chevy Corvette when her car was rear-ended by a 2000 Toyota Celica driven by 18 year old Noah Snyder of McMinnville.
According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Smith slowed due to another vehicle in front of her which had stopped to make a turn. Snyder, who was behind Smith, failed to stop. Upon impact, Snyder’s car went off the highway into a ditch while Smith’s Corvette came to a stop in the road.
Neither Snyder or his passenger, 19 year old Gabriel Muncey of McMinnville was injured.
Snyder was cited for failure to exercise due care.