Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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Another member of the graduating class of 2020, Dakota Stephens, of Hohenwald, was involved in a single vehicle accident. This marks the fourth member of the class in recent weeks to wreck a vehicle. Stephens was headed west Friday, May 22, on Piney Creek Road around 9:30 a.m. when the vehicle ran off the road before hitting an MLEC power line and a tree soon after, said officers. Maury Regional Emergency Medical and MLEC personnel were quick to respond. Stephens was not injured, according to a...
Dezamay Davis of Summertown was travelling north on Piney Creek Road Tuesday evening, May 26, around 8 p.m. when her Honda Civic hydroplaned. The Honda flipped over on its top at 962 Piney Creek Road and Davis crawled out uninjured. Lewis County Sheriff Deputies, Constable Dave Rentschler and Lewis County Fire and Rescue responded....
A report of a motor vehicle accident in the 600 block of Hinson Street brought out first responders Thursday night after a heavy rainfall ended just after 8 p.m. Joe Lay, 39, of Hohenwald, was traveling north on Hinson Street in a GMC Sierra pick-up when he dropped off the hill, lost control and went airborne into a tree. Lay was ejected on impact according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Brandon Dixon. Lay had crawled back up onto the roadway before help arrived. Lewis County Sheriff...
Jeremy Cotham of Hohenwald left home to go help a friend in Clifton with a flat tire, but crawled out of his wrecked vehicle on his way home around 5 a.m. Saturday morning, May 16, with only minor injuries. Responders to the Waynesboro Highway scene included Lewis County Sheriff Deputies, Hohenwald Police Officers, Lewis County Fire and Rescue, and Maury Regional Emergency Medical personnel. Officers found tire tracks that indicated Cotham's Cheverolet Silverado Z-71 pick-up veered off the left...
First responders were called out on Wednesday, May 6, due to a report of a car near Hometown Bakery had caught on fire. Firefighters and officers from Hohenwald Police Dept. arrived in minutes to put out the flames and assess the damage. The car belonged to Lloyd Pratt of Hohenwald. He was driving west along West Linden Avenue when a good samaritan stopped and told Pratt that his car appeared to be on fire, Pratt said. Pratt was then able to able to call his daughter to come pick him up, and...
Authorities received a report of a single vehicle accident around 3:20 p.m. on Monday, May 11 involving Joe Shipp of Hohenwald. The accident occurred on Highway 20, near Louis Pigg Road and Himestown Church. Shipp was travelling East when the vehicle left the roadway and rode the ditch for approximately 75 yards, said investigating officers. “I don’t remember anything, I just blacked out,” said Shipp. Shipp was taken to a hospital by a Maury Regional Emergency Medical Service ambulance to treat his non-life threatening injuries. Tenne...
Joseph Collie, age 18, was involved in a single vehicle accident Thursday, April 23, when the his Nissan Altima he lost control of his vehicle while traveling East on Highway 412. Sheriff Kilpatrick stated he saw Collie pass him at a high rate of speed. Collie reportedly crossed over the median, and struck rocks in a ditch before hitting a concrete culvert which flipped his vehicle just outside of Saddlebrook Subdivision and Claude Carroll Road. Collie was reported to have not been wearing a...
sudden stop - A Nissan Frontier driven by Chris Calvert lost control on Napier Lake Road Friday morning, April 17, about 7 a.m. and landed upside down in the ditch at 226 Napier Lake Road. Calvert, of Hohenwald, was traveling south and failed to negotiate the sharp curve. He demolished the mailbox and post of Freddy Hardy and damaged some of his fencing. Also his Nissan pick-up was destroyed. Calvert said he had to kick out the back glass of the cab to exit the vehicle before he choked on the...
Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated a single vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday, April 1, at 12:50 a.m. THP reported that Tabitha Virgin, age 25, was traveling on Peters Road south to Napier Road, when she drove off the right side of the road, hitting both a concrete culvert and a tree. Virgin stated she had looked down at her radio. THP reported there was no license on her person, and she was charged with reckless driving and financial responsibility. Tennessee Highway Patrol...
Tennessee Highway Patrol reported an accident occurred on April 2, around 7 a.m. when Rhianna Burcham, age 24, in her Toyota swerved to miss a deer on Highway 48 North near Shadow Acres Motel. Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Tommy Bayless reported that Burcham did have injuries and was taken to Saint Thomas Hickman Hospital....
On two different occasions, Lewis County Sheriff Deputies were involved in high speed chases. Deputy Brandon Grady and Sgt. Tony Grillo were notified that Maury County Sheriff's Department was in a pursuit with a light blue Lincoln car on March 31, 2020. The vehicle, traveling west on Highway 412, was believed to be driven by Taylor King who had felony warrants out of Maury County. Deputy Grady met the vehicle at Big Swan, activated his emergency equipment and tried unsuccessfully to stop the...
Hohenwald Police Department investigated a crash at the Depot Saturday, April 4, around 1:25 p.m., after a 1996 Ford pick-up left the roadway and struck the building. Officer Kalum Halfacre reported that James Ross Lewis, 79, of Chattanooga, was travelling west on East Main when his vehicle veered left near Elm Street and hit the Depot. No injuries were reported but the pick-up was disabled and towed by Taylor's Wrecker Service. The Depot, owned by the Lewis County Historical Society, and home...
