| Single-car wreck leaves one dead
Staff Reports
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Loudon County Sheriff’s Office and Tennessee Highway Patrol at 2:26
p.m. Monday responded to a fatal single-car wreck on Hotchkiss
Valley Road just south of Happy Hollow Road.
Jerry Martin, 66, Lenoir City, was traveling north on Hotchkiss
Valley Road when he drove his 2008 Ford Mustang off the right side
of the roadway, hitting a fence and rocks.
“The driver was found slumped over in the passenger seat,” the report reads. “The driver was pronounced deceased on scene.”
Martin had not been under the influence of drugs or alcohol,
according to the THP report.
“It appeared
the subject was not wearing a seatbelt, so he was thrown around the
vehicle,” LCSO Lt. Michael Watkins said. “... Our initial call
stated that it appeared the car had come off I-75 onto Hotchkiss
Valley. I believe that was later found out to be false.”
LCSO Deputy Charlie Huskins was the first on scene
and administered CPR, Watkins said. The road was closed for
investigation 2:34-4:30 p.m. Monday.
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9/16/19
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