HENRY COUNTY, TN – A 72-year-old woman died last Tuesday, July 16, due to a two-vehicle collision on the Paris Bypass in northwest Paris, reports Radio NWTN.
The fatal accident unfolded at the intersection with State Highway 69, at about 12:30 p.m.
Tennessee Highway Patrol officials said a 72-year-old was driving a 2017 Buick Envoy eastbound on the 218 Bypass when the SUV collided with a 2017 Kenworth T880 truck heading northbound on Highway 69.
Investigators learned that neither occupant of the Buick Envoy was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The 72-year-old woman, who was a passenger, succumbed to her injuries.
No specific information about the condition of the Buick driver was made available, but the driver of the Kenworth, a 53-year-old, was not reported hurt. He was found to have been wearing a seatbelt.
An investigation by the THP was underway.
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