Driver dies, 1 hurt in Marion crash
NEW HOPE, Tenn. — A driver died Saturday about 12:50 p.m. after crashing a car into a tree off state Highway 156 in New Hope.
Nathan Griffin, 24, of South Pittsburg, died at Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s accident report. Passenger Paul Coffman, 15, was injured.
Neither was wearing a seat belt, which THP believes could have made a difference in the outcome.
Officials are unsure what caused Griffin to leave the road, but no charges have been filed in the crash.
Victims named in Bledsoe wreck
Pikeville, Tenn. — Two people killed in a Sunday morning wreck in Bledsoe County have been identified as driver Sherrilene Bruner, 68, and passenger Billy Newton, 73, both of Marion, N.C.