Sumner County, Tennessee I-65 Accident Claims One Life
A fatal Tennessee auto accident on July 1, 2012 claimed the life of a woman, and Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesmen are blaming excessive speed for the crash.
At around 4:00 p.m. Grace Delmotte, 69, of Cottontown, Tennessee, was driving her 2002 Buick south on Interstate 65 at mile marker 101, near White House. A Dodge pickup truck was headed north, pulling a trailer behind it, when it crossed the median and hit a car from Florida, and then ran head-on into Delmotte’s Buick.
Delmotte’s vehicle crashed into a ditch following the impact, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Emergency crews from Life Flight airlifted the driver of the pickup truck, Lora H. Hickman, 39, to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Passenger Emiley Hickman, 10, was transported by Robertson County EMS to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Both reside in Springfield, Tennessee. The extent of their injuries was not immediately released.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the driver and two passengers in the first car struck were not injured in the accident.
According to TDOT reports, both the car and the pickup were traveling at speeds in excess of the posted limit when the truck went out of control. The Millersville Fire Department was the first responder to arrive at the scene of the accident.
The southbound lane I-65 was closed for hours. Although the Tennessee Department of Safety estimated that it would open by 6:00 p.m., it was almost 10:30 p.m. before traffic began to move again.
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