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Kingsport police were called about a fight on Highview Avenue, but when an officer arrived at the scene, a woman directed them to a red car that was parked in front of the officer's car. The car began driving in reverse towards the police cruiser and increased speed when asked to stop. The car eventually crashed into a set of mailboxes, and the driver, Gideon Cole, got out of the vehicle allegedly wearing a white blanket wrapped around his shoulders like a cape. Police arrested him and found that his driver's license was revoked, and he was intoxicated.
A vehicle attempted to avoid a roadside safety checkpoint on Highway 35, and when a Mississippi Highway Patrol officer attempted to stop the vehicle, it ran off the roadway and overturned. The driver was apparently a nine-year-old boy and the car was full of children. A 13-year-old male and a 3-year-old male died in the accident. and the driver and a 13-year-old female were transported to a local hospital. When the vehicle went off the road, two of the occupants of the car were ejected.