Three Involved in Labor Day Crash

Three people were involved in a two car crash Labor Day on Highway 70 east near the old Ragland Bottom Restaurant location.
Trooper Brandon Jackson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that 36 year old John Corey Vickers of Auburntown was traveling east in a 2000 Honda Accord when he apparently came across the double yellow lines of the highway and struck a westbound 2012 Chrysler 200, driven by 48 year old Tina Kessler. Her daughter, a minor, was a passenger with Kessler.
According to Trooper Jackson, Kessler saw Vickers’ car coming across and tried to pull off the road to avoid the collision.
She and her daughter were taken by DeKalb EMS to the hospital where they were treated and released.
Vickers was placed in custody at the scene and taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries and for a blood withdrawal. He was later charged with driving under the influence due to drugs and cited for failure to exercise due care and for an expired tag.