ONE DEAD IN CAR CRASH INVOLVING MCMINN CO. DEPUTY CRUISER
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says one was killed yesterday in a car crash involving a McMinn County Sheriff’s Department cruiser. Officers say 60-year-old Frankie Greer of Athens was heading north on Congress Parkway and apparently turned into the path of Deputy Ashley McClendon’s patrol car going south. A passenger in Greer’s car, 56-year-old Linda Greer, was killed in the crash. Troopers state she was not wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash. Deputy McClendon and Frankie Greer were treated for minor injuries.