Updated: January 2, 2018

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A HEAD ON COLLISION FRIDAY MORNING IN PERRY COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE DAILY HERALD, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE CRASH AROUND 9 ON US 412 NEAR THE LEWIS COUNTY LINE. TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL ADVISES A VAN WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE ROAD WHEN IT CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A FORD FOCUS HEADING EAST TRIED TO AVOID THE VAN BY SWERVING INTO THE WEST BOUND LANE BUT THE VAN DROVE BACK AT THE SAME TIME. DAMON C BUNCH, 37, OF HOHENWALD AND CARMEN NAVARRO, 66, OF NASHVILLE BOTH DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE ACCIDENT.