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Colton Alexander Stout

Colton Alexander Stout, age 20, of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Colton was born July 30, 1993, in Oak Ridge, the son of Monroe Stout Jr. and Tracy Lynn Powers Stout. He was a graduate of Oak Ridge High School.

Colton was employed with the Campbell County EMS as an emergency medical technician. He had worked as a volunteer at the Marlow Volunteer Fire Department and as a substitute teacher with the Anderson County School System. He was a member of the Anderson County Rescue Squad. Colton enjoyed riding his motorcycle and ATVs and the great outdoors. He particularly enjoyed being with his family and friends and playing video games.

Colton was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. [Read more…]

Note: This story was last updated at 8:55 p.m.

Police have identified the driver who died in a Thursday morning crash on Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge.

Colton Alexander Stout, 20, of Oak Ridge, died after his 1994 Toyota 4Runner left the four-lane divided roadway and crashed into a tree in the median, an Oak Ridge Police Department report said.

The crash occurred at about 9:21 a.m. Thursday just north of Midland Road. That’s between Emory Valley Road and South Illinois Avenue on Lafeyette Drive.

The front end of Stout’s vehicle hit the tree and the 4Runner then rolled onto its right side. Stout was taken by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, but he died enroute, ORPD Officer Nathan Stinnett said in the report. [Read more…]

Obituary: Colton Alexander Stout

Driver who died in Thursday crash was EMT, volunteer firefighter