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Two die in Edgemoor Road crash

Posted at 12:00 pm November 16, 2022
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Two people died in a crash between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer truck on Edgemoor Road on Thursday.

The crash was reported at New Henderson Road in Claxton at about 6:22 p.m. Thursday.

A preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Jordan K. Scott, 29, of Knoxville, was driving a 1991 Ford F150 pickup truck north on New Henderson Road when he pulled out in front of a 2019 Peterbilt tractor-trailer truck driven by Rex A. Sparks, 56, of Cedar Bluff, Virginia. Sparks had been driving east on Edgemoor Road, toward Clinton Highway.

Scott’s two passengers in the pickup truck died in the collision. The THP identified them as Gregory L. Sweet, 57, of Oak Ridge, and Marion M. West, 54, of Clinton.

Scott was flown by medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville to be treated for his injuries.

Sparks, driving the tractor-trailer truck, was taken to Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge to be treated for minor injuries, the THP said.

The THP said Scott failed to yield the right of way to Sparks, and charges are pending against Scott.

The report said Scott, Sweet, and West were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.

Sparks was wearing a seat belt, the report said.

The THP Critical Incident Response Team, or CIRT, helped investigate the crash.

The THP said the information in the report is preliminary and might be different from what is in the final crash report.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Tennessee Tagged With: crash, Edgemoor Road, Gregory L. Sweet, Jordan K. Scott, Marion M. West, New Henderson Road, Rex A. Sparks, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP

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