August 21, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Two people escaped injury in a two car crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 56 south at South Tittsworth Road near WJLE.
Trooper Brent Collier of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said 22 year old Tayler Martin of Smithville was traveling south in a 2013 Toyota Scion FR-S on the McMinnville Highway when she stopped to make a left turn onto South Tittsworth Road. Approaching her from behind was a 2001 BMW 325, driven by 22 year old Tristin Jackson of Franklin who was also heading south.
According to Trooper Collier, Jackson tried to pass Martin and struck her car as she was making the turn. Upon impact the BMW overturned through the edge of a cornfield and came to rest on it’s top in a grassy area off the highway. Martin’s car came to rest off the road facing east.
Neither driver was injured but Jackson was cited for failure to exercise due care.