2 crashes kill 2 children, mother
JELLICO, Tenn. (AP) - Two children and one of their mothers have been killed in separate weekend traffic crashes in East Tennessee.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported Tricia Reece of Bradford, Ohio, reached for a water bottle and lost control of her sport utility vehicle on icy Interstate 75 near the Kentucky border Sunday. The SUV struck an embankment, throwing out 5-year-old Kylee Reece and killing her. A trooper's report said four other children in the vehicle were injured.
An Alcoa Police report cited by The Daily Times stated a car drifted into the median of Alcoa Highway on Saturday, went airborne and crashed into a vehicle driven by 21-year-old Brittany N. Thomas of Rockford. She and her 10-month-old son were killed in the crash and the other driver was critically injured.
