On Thursday, September 29, Austin Moffitt, age 18, and passenger Alexis C. McCann, age 19, both of Dunlap, passed away due to a wreck. This was at Highway 28 and John Burch Road intersection. The Tennessee Highway Patrol stated Moffitt was driving a 2016 Jeep Patriot and pulled into the path of a southbound Freightliner, driven by Jeffrey D. Miller, 62, of Elkmont, Alabama.

Miller was not injured.