Tag Archives: THP

Fatal car crashes have nearly doubled across the Upper Cumberland to start the year. Tennessee Law Enforcement agencies gathered together Friday morning at the Cookeville Police Department to discuss the recent rise. According to data from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 21 people have lost their lives this year. Tennessee Highway Safety Office Director Buddy Lewis said that he believes the ... Read More »

Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct rolling roadblocks early Sunday morning allowing utility work along I-40. Motorists should be prepared to stop between exit 290 eastbound and 311 westbound. The work will take place from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. Personnel and equipment will be traveling through the work zone during that time. Read More »

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is planning to have high visibility for Memorial Day Weekend and through the other summer months. THP to increase patrols and use a variety of traffic safety tools to prevent fatalities and injuries across the state during the holiday weekend. They plan on implementing seat belt and sobriety checkpoints as well as increasing presence in high-crash corridors. ... Read More »

Troy Human has been promoted from the Cookeville region office of the Tennessee Highway Patrol to lead the statewide THP Special Investigations Bureau. “It’s been a long road, but it’s it’s all worth it,” Human said. Human, promoted to captain, will help troopers statewide. “We’re the investigative arm for all areas that are identified by the troopers, anything they might ... Read More »

A Saturday morning wreck along Dodson Branch Road in Putnam County resulted in multiple injuries. The accident happened around 11:00am near West Cemetery Road when a vehicle driven by 80-year-old Wyang “Keith” Allison of Cookeville pulled onto State Route 135 in front of a vehicle driven by 39-year old Brandon Burgess. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the vehicles came ... Read More »