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A Dickson County Tennessee crash involving a pickup truck has resulted in the death of a Tennessee man.

The crash happened on September 22^nd and initial speculation is that the man driving the pick up truck had a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle.  We know he was thrown out of the front windshield of the truck, and flew into the side of a house.

The truck then rolled, and rested against the house. Our condolences go out to this man’s family. Fortunately his sister, and her grandson who were also in the truck survived.  Still this is a terrible memory. It is unfortunate that this man was not (apparently) wearing a seatbelt. While heart attacks are very serious, his chances of survival became dramatically worse when he was thrown from the truck.

For more information about health safety and driving, please click here.

To read on about seat belt usage, click here.

To read more about Tennessee Auto accidents, visit this site.

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A Middle Tennessee woman was killed this past Monday, September 25th taking her son to school. The incident occurred on Highway 25, in Robertson County, around 7:25 a.m. When rescue patrol arrived at the scene, EMS said that it took a while to get the trapped woman out of her earlier model Camaro. Her son was rushed to Vanderbilt where he was listed in critical condition.

Reports are that the victim was traveling toward Springfield when she lost control, and hit another car. Our condolences go out to this woman’s family, this seems so random and without reason.

Why did this accident happen? We don’t know at this point. We know the weather wasn’t bad that day. The driver/mother wasn’t under the influence. Were there other distractions involved? We may never know.

Dozens of people are involved in car accidents in Tennessee daily due to driver distractions and speeding. You can click here to read more about them.

Please click here to learn about what you can do to avoid accidents.

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In April of 2010, a young man, his first year out of high school, was killed in a car accident on HWY 41. His accident occured in Davidson county, however, Robertson county rescue was closer to the scene. He waited for the Davidson county rescue, and ultimately, lost his life.

His mother is furious. She, and so many others, want to know why Robertson county officals weren’t informed, or allowed to go in after this accident. Less than 5 months later, another accident happened just 10-20 feet away from where the first accident occured. This time man the victim was a motorcyclist. The same problem arose as he waited for the Davidson County rescue, he also lost his life. His passenger was critically injured.

The problem here isn’t always the roads. The thing we should be looking at, is why people are dying on the streets, when rescue is less than two miles away, but can’t respond due to county jurisdictions. It’s terribly said what has happened to these two men, and we are very sympathetic toward thier families.

There should be work on this system.. Work that allows neighboring counties to respond to potentially deadly accidents. Please click here, to learn more about Tennessee auto accidents..

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A Nashville car accident occurred around 4 p.m. on Monday October 11. Early reports indicate that an SUV driver ran a red light at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Korean Veterans Boulevard. The SUV crashed into a Dodge Avenger. Police and Fire Rescue responded to the scene, and EMS began to treat the driver of the SUV, and he was taken to a near by Nashville hospital. The accident created a massive traffic backup.

Car accidents in Nashville are not something new, we see them and read about them everyday. The difference is that when a driver of a large vehicle (like an SUV) runs a red light, they put others at great risk. As an example, a Chevrolet Tahoe weighs over 5500 lbs (that’s two tons).  A Ford Explorer weigh over 4400 lbs.    A typical Honda Accord? 3200 lbs, more than 1000 lbs less than these examples of SUV vehicles on the streets of Nashville.

SUV drivers aren’t any more careful, or any more stringently tested, than any other driver – but they should be. This accident could have been avoided, had this man been paying attention and not ran the red light. To learn more about red light statistics, please click here.

And to learn more about Tennessee Auto Accidents, click here.

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Texting while driving poses a huge risk to teenage drives in the Tennessee area. Are the teenagers in the area getting the message they need to be safe? A public service announcement that was filmed in hopes that some teens would get the message they all need. The psa is very graphic, but to the point. To watch the video, click here, Texting While Driving Public Service Announcement.

Some say that the video is much too graphic to be shown to teenagers around the world, but I believe it can not only help the vision teens have, but change their way of driving. Statistics show that teen drivers in Tennessee are 60% more likely to cause an accident when they are texting, or have other distractions. And texting is the number one distraction on the road. Please go here to learn more about distractions on the road.

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Monday, October 4^th, a Tennessee driver in a truck crashed into the home of a Clarksville, Tennessee family on Vanleer Street.
It is reported that the driver was “spinning” his tires in the street. He let go of the brakes by accident’ fell to the side, and the truck crashed into the house.

A mother and two children were in the house in Clarksville at the time of the incident. The family escaped any immediate physical injuries, however, the crash left the bricks of their home scattered and huge cracks in the cinder block foundation, and the entire wall leaning over.  I think they may get a little nervous after this whenever they hear squealing tires, whether inside a house or not.

After the accident, the driver got back into his vehicle, and fled the scene. Was he another Tennessee DUI driver or doing drugs?

Near residents say that there are usually kids playing in the yards of this neighborhood. It is very fortunate that no one was injured, or worse, in this accident. Boneheads like this one are a menace to innocent people and themselves. This level of immaturity and stupidity in any driver is unacceptable. Statistics show that drivers that are being careless, or just not paying close enough attention are 56% more apt to cause an accident, see here. Warrants have now been issued for the driver of the truck, but my concern is that the message won’t get through – there will be a deal and some fines and this bonehead will be back on the road again. Warrants have now been issued for the driver of the truck.

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Around 1 am Wednesday, October 6, a young couple was killed in a car accident around the Rivergate Mall, in Madison, TN. The accident occurred on Gallatin Road at the Alta Loma intersection. A man driving a pickup truck hit the couple’s Sebring and he has been charged with driving under the influence. The passenger of the pick up truck had minor injuries. Officials found several beer cans in the cab of the truck. The two young people in the car were pronounced dead at the scene, the two had been dating a little over a week.

Our condolences go out to the families of these two young adults. This accident could have been avoided, had this careless driver not have been behind the wheel drunk (see here for more information on drunk driving collisions in Tennessee). It is not immediately apparent how the accident occurred, other than the truck crashed into the driver side of the car. Officials have ordered blood tests on everyone involved in the accident, and more charges may be filed after the results come in. The driver of the truck was not only driving under the influence, but was behind the wheel with a revoked license. One of the victims father saw the news reports that fit the description of his daughter’s car, and sent his son, her brother, to the scene, to find that his sister was one of the deceased.

The young woman was attending Vol State for Nursing, and had a bright future ahead of her. The two young people’s lives have been cut short due to the carelessness of one drunk driver. Our condolences go out to the families of these two young adults. This accident could have been avoided, had this careless driver not have been behind the wheel drunk, and without a valid license.

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Around 4:00 p.m. on June 28^th, a 25-year-old Nashville man was driving an Explorer and was moving from one lane to the other to pass through the slower moving traffic on Briley Parkway in Nashville, Tennessee. He soon lost control on the wet road, and slid and rolled over. The man was not wearing his seat belt and was ejected from his car, where he died at the scene.

Our sympathies go out to this young man’s family and friends. This was a pointless, unnecessary death and I am sure they are suffering from this loss. Is there anything that can be learned from this kind of accident? A couple of things maybe: First, wet roads present a much greater risk to drivers than they think (click here for more info). Dropping your speed, regardless of your vehicle, tires, or handling is the smart thing to do. Second, even if this crash was unavoidable, would this young Nashville man have died if he were wearing a seat belt?

According to the National Traffic Safety Administration, fifty-five percent of people killed in car accidents were not wearing seat belts (see here). The numbers for car wrecks in Nashville aren’t any different. The unasked question has to do with this young man’s age. His greatest risk of death at this age is from a car accident. Statistics prove it (see here). What are we doing about it? The smart thing would be to restrict vehicle use among young men under 30 – that alone would save tens of thousands of lives, and hundreds of deaths in Tennessee from car accidents.

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A Tennessee man was killed in a single vehicle automobile accident while driving west on I-24 early on October 3^rd. According to officials, his pickup truck rolled over on an interstate exit ramp in Davidson County after he had lost control. The truck flipped at least one time before it landed back upright. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger riding with him was hospitalized with minor injuries. The exit ramp was closed for about three hours, while the emergency crews cleaned the debris. Our sympathies go out to the driver’s family and friends.

This is a tragedy to them and should be to all of us. The unfortunate tendency is to always blame the driver for any car wreck in Tennessee. Was this Tennessee car accident unavoidable? Were the injuries from this accident avoidable? Investigators believe that the driver may have been traveling at a high rate of speed, and we have no information to the contrary. Maybe that was the cause. Speed is a factor in many fatalities from car accidents in Tennessee and across the U.S. (for more information about speed as a factor in fatalities, click here).

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A driver of a pick up truck was driving on Bell Road in Nashville around 7:45 p.m. in early September, when he struck a pedestrian and fled the scene. The young lady he hit was heading home from Percy Priest Lake here in Nashville, when she was carelessly run over. Her sister was on the way to pick her up, and saw the accident unfold. The passenger of the pick up truck in this later returned to the scene, and told officers who the driver was, and told officers that he pled with the driver to go back after the truck hit this young woman.

It is alleged that the two people in the truck were drinking before the accident. After the accident was aired on News channels, the driver turned himself in. He was later released on bond. The young woman struck in this collision later died in a Nashville hospital.

This is another sad case of what drunk driving can do to yourself, and families. You not only can destroy your life, but another’s in seconds. The family of the 22-year-old young woman now wants to know why the man responsible was able to leave with no charges, still with his license. Drunk driving is the cause of thousands of fatalities each year, (for more information about fatalities linked to drunk driving, click here). The criminal justice system is only part of the solution to this problem, as you can see by what has happened here. For example, can we be sure that this driver isn’t driving today? Suing these kinds of drivers makes sense and sends a message that you can’t walk away by paying a fine, attending classes, and spending a few days in jail.

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