CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Allegedly inattentive drivers have smashed two Cheatham County squad cars in the span of just 24 hours.
Nobody was killed, but deputies have wondered what it would to take to make people take the issue of distracted driving seriously. Authorities with the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office shared multiple pictures and body camera footage with News 2 showing the two separate incidents.
The first happened in the early morning on September 28. That’s when lieutenant Chris Gilmore told News 2 that an off-duty deputy was on his way home when he spotted a vehicle that was off to the side on Interstate 24.
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The deputy went to check on the driver. The deputy was slowing down and pulling off the road — with blue lights activated — when a vehicle traveling at highway speed collided with the back of the cruiser. Gilmore said that the crash could have been tragic had the deputy been exiting at the moment of impact.