An 18 year old Smithville man, on his way to work at Nissan, lost his life in a pickup truck crash around 5:00 a.m. Sunday morning on Highway 96 near Lascassas in Rutherford County.
Dead is Zack Ferrell.
Trooper Michael Cummins of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE Monday morning that Ferrell was driving a 1986 Chevy pickup truck, heading toward Murfreesboro, when he ran off the right side of the highway and struck a guardrail. Ferrell apparently overcorrected and came back across the highway, crossing the center line and oncoming lane. The truck then went off an embankment and into a line of trees. The truck ran head on into a tree. Ferrell was partially ejected. Trooper Cummins said Ferrell died at the scene.
His body was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro.
Ferrell graduated from DeKalb County High School only a little more than a month ago.
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