By David Fisher
Staff Reporter
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle
accident Monday afternoon inside the city limits of Dresden.
According to Dresden Patrol Officer Brent
Perry, who worked the accident, the crash took place at
approximately 2:46 p.m.
Aaron T. Boone, 75, of 459 Pleasant Hill
Road, Dresden, was traveling west on Highway 22 in a 1981
Ford F-150 pickup. As Boone was going under the traffic
light at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 54, his
truck collided with a northbound Geo Tracker, driven by John
Haddakin, 41, of 927 Shuff Road, Dresden. The vehicle is
owned by Joe Haddakin of 910 Shuff Road in Dresden.
Boone told Officer Perry that the sun was in
his eyes and he couldn’t tell if the light had changed at
the time of the impact, but that it was green the last time
he could see it through the glare.
Haddakin stated that his light was green, but
was in the process of changing as he drove underneath it.
The front of Boone’s pickup struck the right
rear section of Haddakin’s vehicle. The Geo spun around and
then rolled over, coming to a halt in an upright position in
the grass on the right (east) side of Highway 54, just north
of the intersection.
Haddakin suffer a cut to the face, while his
two juvenile passengers, 12 year-old Jessica Haddakin and
Zackery Bailey, age 10, both of 927 Shuff Road in Dresden,
received minor injuries and were transported by Weakley
County EMS to Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin for
evaluation and treatment.
There were two juvenile passengers in Boone’s
vehicle. They were Kailey Hayes, 13, and age 11, Karlyn
Hayes both of 156 Laneview Concord Road, Trenton. None of
those in the pickup were injured.
“Everybody was wearing their seatbelts,”
Officer Perry said. “And I think that’s what prevented the
children or anybody from having any serious injuries.”
