Man dies in car crash after attempting to pass tractor on Highway 70 outside Jackson, Tennessee

Modified Date: 
Wed, 05/03/2017 - 2:26pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Local farmers talk road safety after fatal tractor-involved crash

Investigators said the man driving the car died trying to pass other vehicles in a no-passing zone.

“You can come up on a tractor pretty quickly,” said Gina Thompson, communications director for the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council Inc. “They will let you by when they see there’s a safe spot for them to pull over.”

Tractors have headlights, but they look a lot like lights on cars, according to the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council.

Type: Car Accident
Roadway: 
Highway 70

Add new comment

To prevent automated s-p-a-m submissions leave this field empty.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
10 + 9 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.