Cookeville, TN : A man was pronounced dead on the scene after a vehicle wreck on Monday, December, 18th 2017
A man was pronounced dead on the scene after a vehicle wreck Monday morning.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol report states the driver, David West, 68, of Riddleton, was on Highway 25 in Carthage when he crossed the center line and went off the left side of the road. He hit a mail box culvert and immediately struck a second culvert. The vehicle went in the air, overturned and West was ejected, the report states.
The vehicle rolled and came to a stop on its top with West underneath it.
West was not wearing a seat belt, but the officer's opinion is safety restraints would not have made a difference in the outcome, the report states.
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One killed in wreck