Wayne County wreck claims life

WAYNE COUNTY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS ELECTED LEADERS — DISTRICT 1 COUNTY COMMISSIONER HERBERT BREWER. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, BREWER, AGE 85, DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED JUST BEFORE 4 PM WEDNESDAY ON HIGHWAY 64, ON THE EAST SIDE OF WAYNESBORO. ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY ACCIDENT REPORT, AN INTERNATIONAL TRUCK PULLING A LOADED LOG TRAILER WAS HEADED WEST ON HIGHWAY 64. TROPERS SAID THE TRUCK, DRIVEN BY ROBERT AYERS, WAS NEGOTIATING A STEEP HILL WHEN IT STALLED AND BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS DOWNHILL. THE TRAILER JACKNIFED AND A CADILLAC DTS BEING DRIVEN BY BREWER STRUCK THE TRAILER. THE LOG TRAILER OVERTURNED ONTO THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE LOG TRUCK WAS NOT REPORTED TO BE INJURED. THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

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