The Blount County Sheriff's Office said
three Rockford residents were injured in a one vehicle car crash that
happened around noon last Thursday on Martin Mill Pike. Two of those
injured were young children.
On Monday, BCSO said the three-year-old girl passed away on Sunday.
BCSO identified the driver as 31-year-old Shanna Hatley. Hatley was
taken by ambulance to UT Medical Center. Two backseat passengers, a
one-and-a-half-year-old and the three-year-old, were also taken to UT
Medical Center. The younger child was transferred to Children's
Hospital.
Officials said a chihuahua in the vehicle did not survive the crash.
According to BCSO, Hatley was driving west on Martin Mill Pike near
Hollybrook Road. She told deputies she had just negotiated a right curve
and was entering a straightaway when a car veered into her lane and
forced her off the roadway. She told deputies she traveled in a straight
line for 15 to 20 yards before she struck a concrete culvert, which
caused the vehicle to rotate clockwise, hit a downhill embankment and go
through a barbwire fence before it came to a rest in a pasture.
BCSO said no one was ejected from the vehicle, but that Hatley was not
wearing a seat belt. Officials said both children were in forward-facing
booster seats.
As of Friday, the sheriff's office Traffic Safety Unit was investigating
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