3-10-17 Traffic Fatality - 700 Vine St. (UTC Campus)
3-10-17 Traffic Fatality - 700 Vine St. (UTC Campus)
At 11:36 p.m. on Friday, March 10, 2017, Chattanooga Police Officers responded to a single vehicle traffic crash located at 700 Vine Street on the UTC Campus. The following are the preliminary facts of that incident:
- A Jeep Wrangler was traveling North on Campus Drive
- The vehicle had two occupants
- The vehicle broke through a barricade and traveled down several flights of stairs in a pedestrian area
- The vehicle struck a large object in the pedestrian walkway and flipped onto its top
- The vehicle came to rest on its top still in the pedestrian area
- Chattanooga PD patrol officers, Traffic/DUI unit officers, Hamilton County EMS, and the Chattanooga Fire Department responded to the scene with UTC police
- Hamilton County EMS advised the driver of the vehicle had succumbed to her injuries on scene
- The passenger of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital for minor injuries
- Officers with the Chattanooga Police Department Traffic Division are examining evidence and following up with this investigation
- No pedestrians injured
Kimberly Anne Payne (Driver, 47)
Ronnie Lee Montgomery (Passenger, 52)
Chattanooga Police ask anyone with information regarding this incident to call 423-698-2525. The investigation is ongoing and more information will be released when available.
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NOTE: The preceding information is preliminary and is subject to change as the investigation continues.
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