Published: December 18, 2018

THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THOSE KILLED IN A WEEKEND TRAFFIC CRASH ON INTERSTATE 65 IN MAURY COUNTY.  JASON A. WATSON OF LAWRENCEBURG AND SONDRA SPRINGER OF LEXINGTON WERE KILLED WHEN THE VEHICLE THEY WERE TRAVELING IN LEFT THE ROADWAY, ROLLED DOWN AN EMBAKMENT, AND THE STRUCK A TREE EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  BOTH WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.  THE DRIVER OF THE 2005 HONDA ACCORD, TALIA HENSLEY, AND A THIRD PASSENGER, SHANNON ALEXANDER, BOTH OF LAWRENCEBURG, WERE TAKEN TO A NASHVILLE HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THE DEATHS OF WATSON AND SPRINGER BRING THE NUMBER OF THOSE KILLED ON TENNESSEE'S ROADS TO 1,014 FOR THE YEAR.  THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE LAWRENCEBURG DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL.  Photo by Columbia Daily Herald