Fifteen years ago this month, five people died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a rented recreational vehicle at Clarksville Speedway after a generator leaked fumes into the small camper.
Investigators found that the RV had a carbon monoxide detector, but its batteries were dead. Those killed were Timothy Stone, 39; James Wall, 38; Jonathan and Kathryn Over, both 27; and Allison Bagwell-Wyatt, 32.
Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts submitted the following remembrance:
It is truly hard to fathom that 15 years have passed since a horrible tragedy in our own city brought a call to change in Tennessee, and the nation…