A mother and 12-year-old daughter were killed in a head-on crash between a concrete truck and an SUV in Wilson County on Wednesday morning near Lebanon and Mt. Juliet, according to officials.
The victims have not yet been identified.
The crash closed a portion of East Division Street in Wilson County for hours as emergency crews worked to clear the scene.
The wreck occurred at 8:45 a.m. near the 4200 block of East Division Street, west of State Route 109, between Posey Hill and Beckwith roads, according to Wilson County Emergency Management Agency Director Joey Cooper.
Both vehicles went off the road on the north side of East Division Street. The concrete truck, which was headed east, landed on top of the SUV traveling westbound, Cooper said.
The mother, age 39, and her daughter of Lebanon died at the scene of the crash, Cooper said. They were the only occupants of the SUV, Cooper said.
The driver of the concrete truck was transported to a medical facility in Nashville. The extent of the concrete truck driver’s injuries were unknown.
The “tumbler” fell off the concrete truck and rolled about 50 yards east spilling moist gravel on East Division, Cooper said. Wires were also downed in the incident.
Nashville Ready Mix was cleaning up the spill as emergency crews expected the area of East Division to be shut down for an extended period of time, according to the Cooper.
Motorists are asked to avoid the area and use an alternate route as first responders work the scene.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, Cooper said. The Tennessean will provide more information as details are provided.
Charles woman died Friday afternoon in a 3-vehicle crash in Calcasieu Parish, authorities said.
The crash claimed the life of Donna Chimeno, 60, of Lake Charles.
Louisiana State Police Troop D began investigating a three-vehicle fatal crash shortly before 5 p.m. Friday on Nelson Road near the intersection of Plantation Drive in Calcasieu Parish.
Investigators said Chimeno was driving a 2019 Honda HR-V south on Nelson Road in the outside lane. At the same time, a 2024 Jeep Cherokee was also traveling south on Nelson Road in the inside lane.
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For reasons still under investigation, the Honda switched lanes to the left, directly in the Jeep’s path. The front of the Jeep struck the rear of the Honda, causing the Honda to travel across the centerline and into the northbound inside lane of Nelson Road. After crossing the centerline, the Honda struck a 2022 Ford delivery van head-on.
Chimeno was pronounced dead at the scene. Both of the Ford’s occupants and the Jeep’s sole occupant were uninjured.
Impairment is not suspected. Standard toxicology samples were collected from all three drivers and submitted for analysis.
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