A 17 year-old Cookeville girl and her passenger 18 year-old Justus Tramel of Alexandria were involved in a fiery crash Friday morning on Coconut Ridge Road. The driver lost control of the 2006 Kia Sedona while trying to negotiate a curve, ran off the road, struck a tree and caught fire. Both were taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital, where Tramel was later transported to Vanderbilt Hospital by air ambulance. A dog inside the vehicle perished in the flames.
Fiery Crash