UPDATE: 2:02 p.m. Oct. 3
Officials have released more information about a fatal single-vehicle accident in rural Franklin early Tuesday morning.
The driver of the wrecked SUV was identified as David E. Taylor, 59, of Nineveh. His family has been notified by the Johnson County Coroner’s Office, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office update.
Deputies responded to the 2300 block of South Mauxferry Road in rural Franklin around 5:43 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a call about a car crash. The complainant was Johnson County REMC, which had responded to the area on a reported power outage at 4:59 a.m., according to an accident report.
When deputies responded to the scene, they found a red Ford Explorer turned over on its side. The driver was found unresponsive about 30 yards north of the vehicle, the report says.
Deputies say the cause of the crash was due to a collision with a utility pole off the roadway.
Original story
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is currently working a single-vehicle accident in the 2300 block of South Mauxferry Road in rural Franklin.
The Johnson County 911 received the call at 5:43 a.m. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS, according to the sheriff’s office.
Mauxferry Road will be closed between County Road 200 South and 250 South will be closed for the next couple of hours as investigators collect evidence.
The driver and the vehicle will be publicly identified following family notifications, Sheriff Duane Burgess said.
Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Amity Fire Department, Seals Ambulance Service and the Johnson County Coroner’s Office responded to the accident.
