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t-bone car wreck in front of bob's mountaineer
jaws of life used to free driver
A two car wreck on Chapman Highway in front of Bob’s Mountaineer Restaurant trapped the driver of one of the vehicles.
On May 10th 2008 5:15 PM the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to an auto accident at 10321 Chapman Hwy.
Firefighters arrived to find a two vehicle t-bone collision. The driver of a 1997 Lincoln Towncar was trapped in his vehicle in critical condition.
His female passenger was also critically injured in the accident.
The driver of the other vehicle, a red Nissan pickup, was uninjured.
Firefighters used the "Jaws of Life" to extricate the driver from the vehicle.
He was removed within 10 minutes of SVFD's arrival.
Life Star was requested and landed two aircraft in the Dollar General Market parking lot adjacent to the accident scene.
Sevier Co. Ambulance Service, Sevier Co. Rescue Squad, Sevier Co. Sheriff's Department, and Tennessee Highway Patrol also responded to the accident.
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wreck on chapman near po
A two-car wreck on Chapman Highway sent one man to the hospital Tuesday morning just before 9:00 AM.
A Maxima was headed towards Knoxville when it went across into oncoming traffic and struck a full sized Mercury causing the to do a complete spin and end up on the grass in front of the Seymour Post Office.
“As best as I can remember a car pulling a trailer swerved into my lane and I swerved into the other lane and hooked that other car,” Tommy Floyd, driver of the Maxima, told the Seymour Herald.
Floyd, from Knoxville, said he didn’t have any relatives in the Seymour area.
The un-named driver of the Mercury was taken by Sevier County Ambulance to a hospitial.
Floyd refused medical attention stating that his wrist was the only thing that hurt.
Sevier County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department also assisted on the scene.News
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