September 14, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
A late night high speed pursuit resulted in a crash and the arrest of two people.
18 year old Kenneth Mooneyham of Smithville is charged with evading arrest, reckless endangerment, driving on a suspended license, and speeding. 31 year old Heather McClure of Hendersonville is facing active warrants against her out of Davidson County.
According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the pursuit began after he clocked a 1997 Ford Mustang speeding on Highway 70.
“ At 11:11 p.m. Monday night, September 13 while running stationary radar on Highway 70 I clocked a vehicle westbound traveling 84 MPH in a 55 MPH zone. Upon my initiating lights and sirens the vehicle continued westbound at a high rate of speed. The vehicle turned onto Woodbury Highway in a reckless manner striking the curb, causing the driver to lose control. The car then struck both the east and west side guard rails. The vehicle was badly damaged and smoking profusely as it continued south on Woodbury Highway. About a mile before the Cannon County line the driver ran off the left side of the roadway and overturned coming to final rest on its top. Both the driver, Mooneyham, and passenger McClure were uninjured and taken into custody.
Trooper Johnson was assisted by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.