Information from WYSH Radio
A Powell man was killed and an Oak Ridge woman injured in a single-vehicle crash that occurred Wednesday night on Clinton Highway, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.
The THP reported that the wreck happened shortly after 9:30 p.m. just inside the Anderson County line near the intersection with Old Clinton Pike. Troopers said a 2004 Buick Rendezvous driven by Patrick Johnson, 40, of Powell had been headed south when the SUV left the right side of the roadway and slammed into a truck legally parked by the side of the road.
Johnson died at the scene and his passenger, Samantha Oody, 25, of Oak Ridge, was airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment of her injuries. Her condition was not immediately available.
Trooper Dennis Smith’s report indicated that neither occupant of the SUV was wearing a seatbelt and that drugs may have played a role in the crash. Blood tests have been ordered as is standard procedure in any fatal accident.
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