Traffic calming solutions sought after student hit-and-run; man, 59, to be charged?
Perhaps frustrated by the near tragedy of a 16-year-old Farragut High School student suffering serious hit-and-run injuries at the corner of Thornton and Hughlan drives in Farragut on the first day of school Thursday, Aug. 8, residents of Thornton Heights reportedly have acted in an attempt to greatly minimize this type of accident happening again.
Seeking improved traffic safety in their neighborhood through Town of Farragut, two applications had been submitted by early this week requesting a traffic calming study, reports indicate.
The supposed motive of a 59-year-old driver, who according to media reports admitted to hitting the teenage girl — but upon contact thought he hit “a blanket” — was to use these neighborhood streets as a quicker cut-through to avoid heavier traffic on Kingston Pike, Concord Road and North Campbell Station Road among others.
A decision whether or not to charge the hit-and-run driver still has not been determined by Knox County District Atttorney’s Office, at least not by deadline early Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 27.
The man in question did contact authorities the next day, reports stated, upon hearing the girl had been struck, thinking it might have been him.
