A Martin man has
died of injuries he received in a two-vehicle accident in
Martin on Sunday November 19.
James Aubrey (Jay)
Jackson III, 25, of 59 East Peach Street, Apt. A, in Martin
was pronounced dead at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville
Friday, November 24, as a result of injuries he sustained in
a traffic crash.
As reported in last
week’s Dresden Enterprise, a report filed by Patrolman Chris
Finch of the Martin Police Department states that at
approximately 3:45 p.m. on the day of the crash, Kyle A.
Bond, 18, of 336 Spring Street in Huntingdon was traveling
west on Gardner-Hyndsver Road in a 2001 Ford Ranger, when he
admittedly ran a stop sign at the intersection of Skyhawk
Parkway (State Route Hwy. 43), saying that he did not see
the sign. This resulted in Bond’s truck being struck by a
southbound 1999 Ford F-150 pickup, driven by Jackson.
Officer Finch states
that Jackson’s vehicle appears to have left the roadway
following the impact. The truck then struck a utility light
pole, and came to rest in a field in the southwest corner of
the intersection adjacent to State Route Hwy. 43.
Jackson, who was not
wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from his vehicle during
the crash, was transported to Volunteer Community Hospital
in Martin and then airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital in
Nashville via helicopter.
Bond, who was wearing a seatbelt, was
transported to Volunteer Community Hospital where he was
treated for non-incapacitating injuries.
A witness traveling
behind Bond’s vehicle confirmed that Bond failed to stop at
the stop sign, and was struck by Jackson’s oncoming vehicle.
Bond was cited for
failing to yield right-of-way. And, there is also the matter
of $400 in damage to the breakaway aluminum light pole.
Both vehicles, which
were damaged extensively, had to be towed from the scene.
(Read the rest of the story in the
November 29th print edition of the
Dresden Enterprise!)
