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THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE FATAL WRECK ON I-65 NEAR COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE THAT KILLED TWO YOUNG GIRLS AS THEIR PARENTS WATCHED

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 176285
Story Slug Fatal Wreck Latest
Location Columbia, TN
Format Pkg
Date 12/28/1999
Archive Time 13:59
TRT 1:34
Supers Columbia, TN Wayne Curry, Accident Victim Sonya Curry, Accident Victim Bruce Gildersleeve, TN State Trooper Mark Bellinger, Reporting
Video Description COUPLE WALKING; MAN SOT; ROLLED SEMI; GRAPHIC OF ACCIDENT FATALITIES; WOMAN SOT; CAR BEING PUT ON FLATBED; OVERTURNED SEMI; TROOPERS AROUND; POLICE SOT; SQUAD, ETC; MAURY COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITIES GRAPHIC; TOW TRUCK IN MEDIAN
Description THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE FATAL WRECK ON I-65 NEAR COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE THAT KILLED TWO YOUNG GIRLS AS THEIR PARENTS WATCHED
Script LEAD: IMAGINE BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLEAND LEFT TWO OTHERS IN THE HOSPITAL NOW, IMAGINE WALKING AWAY FROM THAT ACCIDENT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES REPORTER MARK BELLINGER TALKS TO A PAIR OF NEWLYWEDS WHO SURVIVED THAT FIERY CRASH (TAKE PKG) SCRIPT: SONYA AND WAYNE CURRY KNOW HOW LUCKY TO BE ALIVE HAD THEIR PHONE RANGER PICKUP TRUCK BEEN TRAVELING ON I-65 JUST A FEW SECONDS SLOWER, THEY MAY NOT BE HERE (WAYNE CURRY SOT: The good Lord was riding with us That's the only thing that saved us, was Him) THE 18-WHEELER CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND HIT THE CURRY'S TRUCK FIRST, BEFORE CAREENED HEAD ON INTO THE FORD TEMPO, KILLING ALL FIVE PEOPLE INSIDE, INCLUDING FOUR CHILDREN THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL RELEASED THE FIVE NAMES OF THOSE INSIDE LISA BRAGGS AND HER TWO CHILDREN, ASHLEY AND ELIZABETH OF TERRA HAUTE, INDIANA WERE KILLED SIX-YEAR-OLD DEKISE CUMMINGS AND HER SISTER THREE-YEAR-OLD DEKIRA WERE ALSO KILLED (SONYA CURRY SOT: I just can't imagine what she is going through I mean, we lost our dog in this, well, she's missing, but other than that I can't even imagine) OFFICIALS AREN'T EVEN SURE WHY THE 18-WHEELER CHANGED LANES BEFORE IT CLIPPED THE CAR AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL PRELIMINARY REPORTS SAY THE TRUCKER CHANGED LANES TO AVOID SLOW TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS WON'T SAY IF HE WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT (BRUCE GILDERSLEEVE SOT: After we compile our findings we are going to turn it over to the district attorney's office and go from there) TAG: IT'S BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR TROOPERS IN MAURY COUNTY TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE WAY UP OVER LAST YEAR ATLANTIC
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