Police Suspect Illegal U-Turn Cause of Alcoa Highway Wreck
Police say a Newport woman is to blame for a Tuesday night crash on Alcoa Highway that sent the woman and her passenger to the hospital. According to reports, authorities believe that forty-five year-old Tammy Trentham of Newport was driving her 1999 Ford Explorer southbound on Alcoa Highway when she decided to attempt an illegal u-turn to head northbound. She was reportedly attempting to cross all lanes of southbound traffic when she pulled into the path of thirty-one year-old Melissa Turner of Knoxville who was driving a 2003 Dodge pickup truck belonging to the truck's passenger, off-duty police officer Steven Kaufman. Trentham was taken to UT Medical Center in critical condition and there has been no update on her condition as of yet.
Drivers very often fail to appreciate the dangerous nature of many of the maneuvers they execute on the roadway. What too many Tennesseans find out the hard way is that texting while driving, making a u-turn in a certain location, running a red light, speeding, or any other form of prohibited activity is usually prohibited because it greatly increases the odds that the driver engaging in such an activity will cause an accident that severely injures a motorist or passenger. These types of maneuvers constitute negligent driving under Tennessee law and can often lead to personal injury lawsuits arising out of car wrecks caused by the negligent driver.
Many families every year suffer injuries as a result of crashes caused by negligent driving. Such accidents often lead to the wrongful death of an involved party, substantial medical expenses, lost wages, loss of enjoyment of life, and other types of pain and suffering that victims of the crashes or their families must endure. Contact a skilled Tennessee car wreck attorney to discuss how you or your loved ones can recover for your losses.
