Cassi Creek: We dined
in Jonesboro Saturday night. The drive
home was pleasant, with good weather, good visibility. We returned home about 2000.
About 2200
Gloria began to hear distant sirens and commented on their apparent
approach. I went out to listen but heard
only backing alarms. We both went to the
front deck but neither see nor hear anything unusual. Then the helicopters arrived and began
circling.
The
problematic neighbor who lives across the street has a 19 year old son. We are unsure where the son lives we assume
he is in residence when we hear gunfire at odd hours, as if someone is playing
at movie or video gun use. Too many
shots to fast to be aimed at anything is the marker we use.
Said son,
about 4 years ago was involved in a head-on collision. He, in daddy’s truck met someone’s larger
truck head-on while driving too fast for conditions. Conditions were defined as very narrow county
road with lots of intersecting driveways and some blind curves. No insurance, of course.
Four years
later, said son has girlfriend and child.
Employment unknown. Girl friend
has 1999 Buick.
To return to
Saturday night, keep reading. Said son
is driving 1999 Buick south toward home.
As is habit, he is speeding.
Elderly couple – both 73- turn onto the road from their drive to motor
north. Said son crosses road and hits
elderly couple in their neon head on.
One fatality at scene, one fatality at hospital. Offending driver may have concussion. All were wearing seat belts according to the
police report. Criminal charges are pending.
I’d like to
think that such a tragedy would somehow begin to alter the way people drive on
these Tennessee mountain roads. But
realistically, half the people driving around here are driving while impaired
with revoked licenses and no insurance.
The other 50% think that they are NASCAR drivers who have yet to be
discovered. There is an intersect
between the two groups.
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