Wreck kills Seymour woman

Two-vehicle collision on Boyd’s Creek Highway results in fatality and two injuries chris@theheraldnewspapers.com A 54-year old Seymour woman lost her life in a fatal two-car collision Sunday evening on Boyd’s Creek Highway. According to officers at the scene, a white mini-van driven by Israel Conde of Maryville swerved to miss a third car exiting Chilhowee School Road and collided head-on with a red Saturn driven by Diane Green of Seymour. The Saturn was headed east-bound on Boyd’s Creek Highway when the collision happened at approximately 4:50 p.m. Green was believed to have died instantly as a result of injuries sustained in the collision. Conde and a passenger were taken by ambulance to University of Tennessee Medical Center with undetermined injuries. An emergency helicopter was initially asked for but flew over the scene when it was determined that Green had died on impact. According to Constable Jackie Parton, charges are pending against Conde. Officers from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department and the Tennessee Highway Patrol, along with members of the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department, responded to the accident. No charges are expected to be against the teenage driver of the third car, which was not involved in the deadly collision.