LISA HOBBS - News Editor
Tennessee Highway Patrol has released a preliminary crash report regarding the Faulkner Springs Road wreck on Wednesday.
According to it, Jorge Luis Campos Velazquez, 31, was traveling northbound, negotiating a curve on Faulkner Springs Road in a 2003 Ford Expedition. Juan M. Villegas, 29, in a 2012 Chevy Camaro, and Jamie D. Jaco, 38, in a 2025 Nissan Sentra, were traveling southbound. Velazquez left his lane of travel, striking both oncoming vehicles in the southbound lane.
In the Chevy Camaro, passenger Julian Rivera Sanchez, 31, was uninjured.
Of the three drivers, injured in the collision was Villegas. He was transported to Ascension Saint Thomas River Park Hospital by Warren County EMS. The nature of those injuries is unknown.
Velazquez was arrested on scene and charged with violation of the open container law, driving left of the center line, driving without a proper license, violation of the financial responsibility law, and violation of the due care law.
The collision occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m.