Information from WYSH Radio
An Oliver Springs man was killed in a single-vehicle accident Sunday night in Roane County.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported that at around 8:30 Sunday night, Otto Joseph Flachbart III, 35, had been driving north on Highway 327 near Oliver Springs when he lost control of his Dodge Ram pickup while rounding a curve. The THP said that he overcorrected twice before the truck flipped over and came to rest on its side.
His 45-year-old passenger Fred M. Collins Jr. of Oliver Springs died in the wreck, while Flachbart and two other people were not injured. The trooper’s report indicated that Flachbart was under the influence of drugs but does not specify which drug. Blood tests have been ordered, and citations and charges are pending.
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Helen Standifer says
Sad