April 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Two teens were injured in a fiery crash today (Friday) on Coconut Ridge Road.
Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that a 17 year old Cookeville girl was traveling east on Coconut Ridge Road in a 2006 Kia Sedona when she lost control while trying to negotiate a curve. The vehicle ran off the left side of the road, struck a tree, and caught fire.
The driver and her passenger, 18 year old Justus Tramel of Alexandria, although injured, got out of the vehicle and walked to a residence on Savannah Drive where they called for help.
Both were taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital. Tramel was later transported to Vanderbilt Hospital.
Members of the Cookeville Highway Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze. A dog inside the vehicle perished in the flames.