Two CHS Students Killed In Single-Car Accident

PUTNAM COUNTY, TN — An accident on Pippin Road claimed the lives of two Cookeville High students last night.

 

According to reports, a 16-year-old male, who was the driver of the vehicle, and a 17-year old female, were driving West on Pippin Road. They were traveling in a 2002 Dodge DSX truck when the accident occured.

 

Tennessee Highway Patrol reports state that the truck left the right side of the road where it then overturned and struck a tree. The cab of the truck was collapsed during the accident; it is said that the two teens were killed on impact.

 

THP reports read that both teens had their seatbelts on at the time of the crash. Drugs and alcohol were stated to not be a contributable factor in the cause of the accident.