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A Tennessee woman is recovering at an area hospital from injuries she sustained after being struck by a car last week on Master Street in front of the Corbin Flower Shop. Teresa Dugger, 57, was treated at the scene of the accident, taken by ambulance to Rotary Park, and then airlifted by an Air Evac Lifeteam medical helicopter to the...
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According to a recent report released by the National Safety Council, Tennessee had the highest number of cell phone-related car accident deaths in the United States in 2010 and 2011. The National Safety Council's study, titled "Crashes Involving Cell Phones: Challenges of Collecting and Reporting Reliable Crash Data," was partially funded by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and was conducted in...
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A pedestrian is in critical condition after being engulfed in flames when a vehicle traveling south on Riverside Drive in Clarksville, Tennessee, left the roadway and struck a gas station pump, causing a dangerous explosion. Chris Porter was leaving the Exxon convenience store and walking through the parking lot at the time of the accident, which took place earlier this...
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Parsons Police Chief Dale King recently conducted an important study of local wrecks in an effort to curb the rate of deadly car accidents in the small Tennessee town. The two-year long study indicated that Tennessee drivers were at the greatest risk of being involved in a wreck between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, and 6 p.m. and 8 p.m....
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Every year, thousands of pedestrians are killed in U.S. car accidents, and statistics show that children and senior citizens represent the demographics most likely to be killed in pedestrian accidents in the United States. While considerable attention is paid to the risks of Tennessee car accidents for vehicle occupants, equal focus should be directed towards the risk of injury and...
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Voice-activated features on today's cell phones may make it easier for drivers to text or talk on the phone while behind the wheel, but a new AAA study indicates that hands-free technology is more dangerous than previously thought. In fact, the research suggests that drivers who use hands-free features on their cell phones are two times more distracted than those...
