Knoxville woman awarded ‘Key to the City’ after saving car crash victim’s life in Missouri

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville woman was awarded the Key to the City in Sedalia, Missouri, after saving the life of a car crash victim.

Jada McMillan is a Knoxville native and a graduate of Hardin Valley Academy. In 2021, she joined the U.S. Air Force. She currently works as an aerospace medical technician and is stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, Missouri.

She was driving home from work on July 9 when she witnessed a crash.

“There was a car in front of me, I’m looking down changing the music, I looked back up and I see the car in front of that car just swerving into the other side of the road, dipped into one ditch, came out the ditch a little bit airborne and then nose dived into the other ditch,” McMillan said.

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The car was being driven by a 23-year-old nurse named ShiAnn…

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