A second Clinton resident has died after a Nov. 1 head-on collision involving three cars on Oliver Springs Highway, authorities said.
Pat Smith, 62, of Clinton, died Monday at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, according to the Tennessee Department of Safety.
Smith was a passenger in a Hyundai Elantra driven by Alberta Farrer of Clinton. Farrer, 56, died early Thursday, Nov. 8, at UT Medical Center, authorities said.
Alberta Farrer, a 56-year-old Clinton resident and one of three drivers in a Nov. 1 head-on collision on Oliver Springs Highway, died Thursday morning at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. (Photo by Tom Scott)
A Clinton woman died early Thursday, one week after a head-on collision that involved three cars on Oliver Springs Highway, authorities said.
Alberta Farrer, 56, died at 4 a.m. Thursday at University of Tennessee Medical Center, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.
Charges and citations are pending against one of the drivers, 55-year-old Danny Bean of Clinton, the THP said.
Bean allegedly crossed the center line while driving southbound in a Toyota 4-Runner on Oliver Springs Highway at Thursday, Nov. 1, causing a head-on collision with a Hyundai Elantra driven by Farrer, the THP said.
A Chevrolet pickup driven by Travis Gallaher, 19, of Oliver Springs, was behind Farrer, headed toward Oliver Springs. Gallaher braked and swerved left to avoid the crash, but the collision between Bean’s SUV and Farrer’s car pushed the two vehicles toward Gallaher’s truck and the pickup hit Farrer’s Elantra on the driver’s side.
Farrer and a passenger, Pat Smith, a 62-year-old Clinton resident, were flown by medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, according to an accident report last week. Bean was taken by ambulance to the UT hospital, and Gallaher was taken to a local hospital by a personal vehicle.
The accident occurred at 5:53 p.m. Nov. 1 near Marlow Circle and Anderson Memorial Gardens on Oliver Springs Highway, which is also known as State Route 61.
Emergency responders from several local agencies responded. The accident is being investigated by THP Trooper Anthony Lay.
A Tuesday morning fire that damaged two mobile homes off Oliver Springs Highway has been ruled suspicious, and detectives from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department will investigate, a report said.
The fire was reported at two mobile homes at the end of Joann Lane, just west of Anderson Memorial Gardens, at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Anderson County Sgt. Mark C. Hobbs said one of the mobile homes was unoccupied and used to store parts, including doors, cabinets and paint. It is owned by Ben Graves of Ben’s Home Center and located next to a fenced-in storage area.
Graves estimated the home’s value at about $18,000. The value of the items stored inside was unknown, the Sheriff’s Department report said.
There was a second “very old” mobile home behind the first one, and it appeared to be the source of the fire, the report said.
Neither mobile home had power. The report estimated the total damage at about $21,000.
Three people were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center after a three-car, head-on collision on Oliver Springs Highway on Thursday evening, and a fourth person was taken to a local hospital. (Photo by Tom Scott)
A head-on collision that involved three cars on Oliver Springs Highway on Thursday evening sent two drivers and a passenger to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and a third driver to a local hospital, authorities said.
The accident occurred at 5:53 p.m. Thursday when a Toyota 4-Runner driven by Danny Bean, 55, of Clinton, crossed the center line, causing a head-on collision with a Hyundai Elantra driven by Alberta Farrer, 56, of Clinton, according to information from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
A third vehicle driven by Travis Gallaher, 19, of Oliver Springs, was behind Farrer, headed toward Oliver Springs. Gallaher swerved left to avoid the crash but collided with Farrer’s car.
Farrer and a passenger, Pat Smith, 62, also of Clinton, were flown by medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the accident report said. Bean, the first driver, was taken by ambulance to the UT hospital, and Gallaher was taken to a local hospital by a personal vehicle.
The accident occurred near Anderson Memorial Gardens on Oliver Springs Highway, which is also known as State Route 61.
Emergency responders from several local agencies responded. The accident is being investigated by THP Trooper Anthony Lay.
