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Fatal motorocycle accident near Westmoreland
Sunday, March 7, 2010

From the Sumner County Sheriff's Office:

 

During the afternoon hours of Saturday, March 6, 2010, Deputy Dustin Hood responded to a fatality traffic crash on Hwy 31E in the Westmoreland area of Sumner County near North Williams Road.

 

Deputy Hood’s investigation revealed the following information:

 

A 2000 Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by 36 year old Regina Hall of 668 Chipman Road in Bethpage, TN had been south bound on Hwy 31E.

 

The motorcycle abruptly crossed over into the north bound lane and struck the front right portion of a 1985 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by 36 year old Bryan Conyer of 2078 Shrum Cemetery Road in Westmoreland, TN

 

Regina Hall was wearing a helmet, and Bryan Conyer was wearing his seat belt.

 

Regina Hall suffered fatal injuries from the crash, and was dead at the scene.

 

Bryan Conyer was transported by ambulance to Macon County Hospital with minor injuries from the crash.

 

Regina's boyfriend, John Robert Oakley, witnessed the crash while operating a separate motorcycle several feet behind Regina Hall.

 

Sumner Medic Ambulance unit 7 was north bound behind Bryan Conyer and also witnessed the crash.

 

All witnesses reported that Regina Hall relaxed her body on the motorcycle or shifted her body and then swerved over in front of the truck. Witnesses also reported that Regina Hall still had her hands on the motorcycle handlebars when the crash occurred.

 

Regina Hall was an inexperienced motorcycle driver, and this was just her second time riding. She had ridden 120 miles and had been riding on and off from 1000 o'clock until the time of the crash.

 

At this time alcohol is not a factor.

 


Winchester church offers property solution
Friday, March 5, 2010
By Candy Webb
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If a Sumner County pastor, Derrick Jackson, is successful in his latest endeavor, at-risk adults from throughout the area will someday have a support system in place to obtain job skills, business knowledge and transitional housing.

At issue is a piece of property located on Winchester Drive in Gallatin.

The property was originally used for the education of African- American students, and in recent years it has served as the school district’s maintenance department building.

The maintenance department recently moved to the old Fleetwood property, and the now vacant building is being been eyed by the county as a potential landing site for the county’s emergency services, which is bursting at the seams at its current South Water location.

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City nixes quarries
Friday, March 5, 2010
By Marjorie Lloyd
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Images of gashes in the hillsides of the Odom’s Bend area on the north side of the Cumberland River have been erased.

After several weeks of publicized discussions that eventually led up to a threat of legal action, the City of Gallatin passed on second reading an ordinance that banns quarries within the city limits and the city’s planned expansion area. (The ordinance reads: to “remove the activity type, mining and quarrying extractive activities.”)

Councilman Tommy Garrott was absent; two councilmen voted in the negative–Anne Kemp and Jimmy Overton–while Vice-Mayor Dale Bennett, Ed Mayberry, John Alexander and Craig Hayes voted in favor of the ordinance.
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