The Tennessee Highway Patrol believes a one vehicle accident shortly before 3 Thursday afternoon may have been the result of the driver suffering a medical emergency.
The crash occurred shortly before 3 pm when the car operated by 23 year old Hunter Bailey left Blue Springs Parkway near the West Summer Street intersection. The vehicle ran off the roadway on the right side were it struck a fence. The vehicle then ran back onto the roadway and crossed the center line, ran off the roadway on the left side and came to final rest after striking a standing tree.
Bailey, the report indicates, possibly suffered a medical condition while driving which resulted in the events of the crash.
He was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center for what where described as serious injuries to his face and disorientation from the medical condition.
