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Phillip Brian Manis
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Driver in Hawkins wreck charged with eighth DUI, felony assault

Phillip Brian Manis and his passenger, 61-year-old George Atkins received "incapacitating" injuries. Trooper Dylan Reid said Manis smelled strongly of alcohol at the crash scene, and Reid allegedly found four opened liquor bottles inside the cab of the truck.

Mar 28, 2018 at 8:30 PM
Vicky Charlene Dykes
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Rogersville woman in DUI crash with child in vehicle gets 32 days

A Hawkins County woman who flipped her vehicle last year while under the influence of multiple drugs including meth with an eight-year-old child inside was sentenced Wednesday to 32 days in jail.

Feb 1, 2018 at 3:30 PM
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Hawkins teen among four killed in single-vehicle wreck in Sneedville

A 2014 Ford Focus was traveling westbound on Main Street in Sneedville when it ran off the right side of the highway and struck a tree at the Walnut Avenue intersection.

Dec 4, 2017 at 9:30 PM
jbobo
Norfolk Southern Railroad

Train hauling hazardous material hits stranded van near Rogersville

Hawkins County Emergency Management Agency director Gary Murrell said the incident had the potential to be catastrophic because the train was hauling hazardous materials south toward Bulls Gap.

Dec 4, 2017 at 6:30 PM
rsmith
Fatality

Fatal tractor-trailer crash at I-81 overpass

According to Sgt. Nathan Hall with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred at approximately 7:15 a.m. A northbound Fed-Ex freighter entered the median, jumped a berm at the Exit 69 overpass and landed below on Highway 394.

Nov 29, 2017 at 10:23 AM
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

THP: 'Very worn tires' were factor in Hawkins fatality

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol “very worn tires” were likely a factor in a single vehicle accident early Thursday morning near Surgoinsville that took the life of a Church Hill woman.

Nov 24, 2017 at 3:48 PM
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Charges pending in Hawkins fatality

According to a THP preliminary report, shortly before 9 p.m. Friday a 1994 Toyota was traveling west in the eastbound lane of 11-W when it struck an eastbound 2009 Ford Ranger. The THP said criminal charges are pending.

Updated Oct 25, 2017 at 2:12 PM
A rescuer who responded to the scene told the Times-News that a tractor-trailer hauling a full load of wood chips to the Domtar plant in Kingsport was eastbound on 11-W when the victim pulled out into the truck's path.
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Rogersville man killed in 11-W collision with tractor trailer

A rescuer who responded to the scene told the Times-News that a tractor-trailer hauling a full load of wood chips to the Domtar plant in Kingsport was eastbound on 11-W when the victim pulled out into the truck's path.

Updated Oct 19, 2017 at 3:15 PM
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

THP awaiting confirmation of ID in fiery Hawkins wreck

The victim had reportedly been mowing a short time before the accident. There were gas cans in the Jeep, and upon impact the Jeep burst into flames.

Sep 22, 2017 at 3:00 PM
Kimberly Schrodt, Stephanie Allison and Ocie Goins
jbobo
Hawkins County Sessions Court

Hawkins County court hears three DUI crash cases

Three separate DUI wreck cases were heard in Hawkins County Sessions Court Wednesday including a woman whose vehicular assault charge was bound over to the Hawkins County Grand Jury.

Sep 16, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Once the old Tennessee Highway Patrol building and retaining wall are demolished, in its place will be green space and a small parking lot with more than 50 spaces. The new parking lot will provide better access to the nearby Kingsport Veterans Memorial.
mlane
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Old Highway Patrol building coming down

KINGSPORT — The THP building opened in 1948 and is about 4,000 square feet in size. Over the years, the building has been remodeled several times, the garage bays were converted into office space and its last use was to house the city's engineering department.

Jul 26, 2017 at 9:30 AM
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

Eight suffer non-life threatening injuries in Hawkins County crash

The accident occurred shortly after noon Sunday when a Chrysler 200 driven by 80-year-old Mary Stubblefield of Mooresburg reportedly pulled out onto 11-W in the path of a westbound 2004 Honda Odyssey with seven occupants, including three children.

Jun 26, 2017 at 5:00 PM
jbobo
Tennessee Highway Patrol

UPDATE: Body of man killed in wreck recovered from Cherokee Lake

The body of a Hawkins County man whose pickup crashed into Cherokee Lake sometime overnight Friday was recovered underwater near the pickup Saturday evening.

Updated May 13, 2017 at 9:44 PM
Jeffrey Dylan Jones
jbobo
vehicular homicide

Hawkins man charged with vehicular homicide in 2016 crash

An eastbound 1994 Chevy pickup driven by Jeffrey Jones allegedly crossed the Highway 11-W center line near the Jackson Road intersection and struck Beth Henegar’s vehicle head-on. Henegar was killed and Jones was suspected of being intoxicated.

May 9, 2017 at 10:00 PM
rsmith
Tennessee Highway Patrol

THP shooting shuts down I-26 at Rock Springs

KINGSPORT — A Thursday night traffic stop by the Tennessee Highway Patrol on Interstate 26 led to shots fired by police, two people being transported to the hospital and closure of the interstate’s westbound lanes..

Jan 12, 2017 at 10:18 PM