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Woman pleads guilty in fatal car-pedestrian crash on Clinton Highway

Posted at 12:56 pm October 18, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Destany Lynn Cotner

Destany Lynn Cotner

 

A Clinton woman has pleaded guilty in a fatal car-pedestrian hit-and-run crash on Clinton Highway in March.

Destany Lynn Cotner, 25, pleaded guilty in Anderson County Criminal Court in Clinton on Friday to two charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving death and driving under the influence (first offense).

As part of the plea agreement, two other charges were dismissed. Those charges were driving with a suspended or revoked license (first offense) and possession of contraband in a penal facility.

It was a plea by information, meaning Cotner had not yet been indicted by the Anderson County Grand Jury.

Cotner initially told the Tennessee Highway Patrol that she was the driver the night of the crash, but she later changed her story to say her co-defendant Isaac Irwin, 26, also of Clinton, was the driver, according to a narrative filed in the case and attached to warrants.

Cotner received a two-year prison sentence on the conviction of leaving the scene of an accident involving death. As a standard offender, her release eligibility is 30 percent. Her sentence on this felony conviction was suspended, and she will be placed on supervised probation. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Claxton, Clinton, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Criminal Court, Anderson County Detention Facility, Anderson County EMS, Anderson County General Sessions Court, Anderson County grand jury, Anderson County Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Bobby Smith, car-pedestrian crash, Chris Conner, Claxton Fire Department, Clinton Police Department, David Stuart, Destany Lynn Cotner, Donald R. Elledge, driving under the influence, driving with a suspended or revoked license, DUI conviction, fatal car-pedestrian crash, fatal car-pedestrian hit-and-run crash, Isaac Irwin, Jade T. Richardson, leaving the scene of an accident involving death, Mark Lucas, Melissa Denny, possession of contraband in a penal facility, Stephen Barclay, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP

THP: Man, 25, charged with DUI after pedestrian killed on Clinton Highway

Posted at 8:27 pm March 12, 2017
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Isaac Alexander Irwin

Isaac Alexander Irwin

 

Note: This story was last updated at 11 a.m. March 13.

A 25-year-old Clinton man has been charged with driving under the influence, driving while license revoked or suspended, and hit and run of a person after a 35-year-old Jacksboro woman, a pedestrian, was killed on Clinton Highway early Sunday, authorities said.

The car-pedestrian crash was reported at about 12:58 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Clinton Highway and West Wolf Valley Road in Claxton, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said in a fatal crash report.

Isaac A. Irwin, 25, of Reynolds Avenue in Clinton, was driving south on Clinton Highway in a 2006 Pontiac four-door sedan when he struck a pedestrian, Jade T. Richardson, 35, of Jacksboro, in one of the lanes, the THP report said.

Irwin was not injured and he left the crash, but he was located later, the THP said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County EMS, Anderson County Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Claxton Fire Department, Clinton Highway, crash, Destany L. Cotner, Isaac A. Irwin, Jade T. Richardson, Mark Lucas, Stephen Barclay, Tennessee Highway Patrol, THP, West Wolf Valley Road

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