Thursday, April 2, 2009

Tuesday Evening Crash Claims Iron City Teen

   An automobile crash in Wayne County claimed the life of an Iron City teenager Tuesday evening.

   Reports filed through the Tennessee Highway Patrol show that the crash occurred around 9:10 p.m. on Railroad Bed Road in the Collinwood area.

   Officials indicate that driver James Kyle Gooch, 19, of Huntsville, Alabama, was traveling eastbound in a 1999 Chevrolet truck and was attempting to negotiate a lefthand curve. The truck reportedly left the roadway in a curve, traveled down an embankment, then struck a parked tractor trailer truck.

   Officials indicate Gooch was injured in the crash while his passenger, Mason Reaves, 18, of Iron City, was killed. Neither, they report, was wearing a safety belt.

   The case remains under investigation at the current time.

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