Crash claims life of Lewis County man

On October 8, 2021 a wreck occured around midnight that claimed the life of a Lewis County man. Ethan Brewer, 23, was driving a 2007 Ford F-150 4 door. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, the vehicle was traveling east on US Highway 412 when the vehicle's right side tires went off of the curb into the grass (on Golf Course property) traveling parallel to the road several hundred yards. Brewer over-corrected and started in a yaw, then traveled across all lanes of the road, went off of the north roadway edge and hit a tree. The vehicle then caught fire.