Published: 7/19/2022 - EC - ARK - WLX


A FATAL TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN LINCOLN COUNTY CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A TEEN FRIDAY NIGHT. MEDIA SOURCES REPORT, DESTINEE RHEA, 19 OF PULASKI WAS DRIVING A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY NORTHBOUND ON HUNTSVILLE HIGHWAY 231-431 WHEN A 2008 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND BEING DRIVEN BY A 46-YEAR-OLD MAN DRIFTED AND HIT THE CAMRY HEAD ON. THREE GIRLS, AGES 12, 14, & 15 WERE ALSO IN THE VEHICLE AND WERE INJURED. THE TWO YOUNG GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO VANDERBILT HOSPITAL. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD YET ON THEIR CONDITIONS. THOUGH THE REPORT SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP WAS INJURED, IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. EARLY REPORTS INDICATE NEITHER DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEATBELT. RHEA WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND ACCORDING TO UT SOUTHERN OFFICALS A PHENOMENAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ATHLETICS PROGRAM. A GOFUNDME HAS BEEN SET UP FOR THE FAMILY OF RHEA.