NOW
NOW THAT
NOW THAT IT'S H4@OT AND SCHOOL'S OUT...THE NUMBER OF TEENS KILLED WHILE DRIVING
INCREASES. 4@ T-H-P SAYS
BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR @
DAY A TEENAGER DIES IN A CRASH
ON AVERAGE EVERY SIX DAYS IN
TENNESSEE. THAT'S ALMOST
50-PERCENT HIGHER...THAN
DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR.
TWO SEPARATE CRASHES
KILLED FOUR PEOPLE UNDER THE
AGE OF 21 IN THE PAST WEEK
4@HERE IN EAST TENNESSEE. 4@
10 NEWS REPORTER MARC
SALLINGER 4@SHOWS US -- THE 100
DEADLIEST DAYS ARE OFF TO A
DEVASTATING START.
THE NUMBERS ARE
STAGGERING, AND THE FACES OF
THOSE KILLED ARE
HEARTBREAKING. GABY
SWEET, STUDENT 4@DRIVER IT'S
TERRIFYING BECAUSE THAT COULD
BE ME. IT COULD BE ONE OF MY 4@
FRIENDS, IT COULD BE ANYONE
WHO IS AROUND ME IN MY LIFE. 4@
15-YEAR-OLD GABY SWEET IS
IN HER SECOND DAY OF DRIVER'S
ED. THE DANGERS OF THE 100
DEADLY DAYS ARE DRILLED INTO
THE MINDS OF NEW DRIVERS. 4@
GABY SWEET, STUDENT DRIVER I
CURRENTLY HAVE A PERMIT BUT AM
STUDYING TO GET MY LICENSE.
GREG MANGAN, DRIVE 4 LIFE
ACADEMY4@ THE DEADLY DAYS HAPPE
BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF
4@
ACADEMY4@ THE DEADLY DAYS HAPPE BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF SCHOOLS, THEY'RE DRIVING MORE,
MANY HAVE SUMMER JOBS.
MARC SALLINGER SATANDUP AN
AVERAGE OF 10 TEEN 4@DRIVERS DI
EVERY DAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN MEMORIAL
DAY AND LABOR DAY. THAT'S AN
INCREASE 4@OF 14% FROM THE REST
OF THE YEAR. AND WHEN IT GETS
DARK OUT, THE NUMBER OF
NIGHTTIME CRASHES INCREASES BY
22%. GREG MANGAN, DRIVE 4
LIFE ACADEMY 90% OF ALL
AUTOMOBILE CRASHES ARE DRIVER
ERROR. IT'4@S THE DRIVER.
MARC SALLINGER STANDUP SPEED,
NIGHTTIME DRIVING, AND
DISTRACTED 4@DRIVING ARE THE TO
CAUSES4@ OF FATAL CRASHES FOR
TEENS. AAA SAYS 29 PERCENT OF
ALL MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS
INVOLVING A TEEN DRIVER WERE
SPEED-RELATED. GREG
MANGAN, DRIVE 4 LIFE ACADEMY
PARENTS SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S NO DISTRACTIONS IN THE
CAR. LUKE WOOD, TECH
EXPERT IF YOU JUST WANT TO BE
INFORMED, THERE'S TOOLS FOR
THAT. IF YOU WANT TO ENFORCE,
THERE'S ALSO TOOLS FOR THAT.
AS PARENTS HAND OVER THE
KEYS TO THEIR KIDS, NEW
TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP
A WATCHFUL EYE FROM FAR AWAY.
APPS CAN GO BEYOND JUST
TRACKING LOCATION. LUKE
WOOD, TECH EXPERT THIS LETS
YOU SET UP A GEOFENCE THAT'S
LIKE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO GO
WITHIN A 30 MILE CIRCLE OF OUR
HOUSE AND IF YOU LEAVE THAT
CIRCLE I GET A NOTIFICATION.
GREG MANGAN, DRIVE 4 LIFE
ACADEMY IT COMES DOWN TO
DRIVER ERROR, PEOPLE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION, GOING TOO
FAST, CARS THAT ARE NOT
MAINTAINED PROPERLY. 4@ AS
EAST TENNESSEE PARENTS MOURN
THE LOSS OF KIDS KILLED IN CAR
CRASHES NATSOUND CAR
THE FIGHT TO KEEP TEENS SAFE
ON THE ROAD KICKS INTO HIGH
GEAR. MARC SALLINGER,
WBIR 10 NEWS.
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MOVING 4@4@
MOVING TO @
MOVING TO THE 4@FORECAST. IT'S HOT.4@ YOU CAN SEE O OUR THERMOMETER ON THE WEHER
PORCH...IT'S 4@ABOUT óóó DEGREE.
WE REACHED THE 90S AGAIN
TODAY. FOR THE 5TH DAY IN
A ROW. AND OUR
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOUT
10 DEGREES áABOVE NORMAL.
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TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOUT 10 DEGREES áABOVE NORMAL. @
TEMPERATURES ARE STILL ABOUT 10 DEGREES áABOVE NORMAL. METEOROLOGIST CASSIE NALL
JOINS
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CASSIE, 4@
CASSIE, WE'RE HOT AGAIN TOMORROW, BUT RELIEF IS AROUND THE CORNER.
WE'VE HAD SOME F4@AIR WEATHER
CUMULUS CLOUDS DEVELOPING 4@4@
TODAY BUT THEY AREN'T DOING
MUCH FOR RAIN CHANCES. A
SPOTTY SHOWERS HERE OR THERE
IS NOT OUT OF THE QUES4@TION BU
MOST LOCATIONS STAY DRY.LOWS
WILL BE IN4@ THE UPPER 60S
TONIGHT.ANOTHER HOT AND MAINLY
DRY DAY ON WEDNESDAY BUT THE
RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN
FROM THE NORTH. THIS MEANS
THAT OUR SOUTHERN KENTUCKY
COUNTIES COULD SEE A FEW
SHOWERS AND STORMS LATER IN
THE DAY. MOST OF EAST 4@
TENNESSEE SHOULD STAY DRY.
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 90S.
4@
BACK TO YOU.
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TO BLOUNT @
TO BLOUNT COUNTY... WHERE DEPUTIES SAY A CAR HIT A MOTORCYCLE 4@TODAY ON A
DANGEROUS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY
129 KNOWN AS "THE DRAGON."
CREWS TOOK THE MOTORCYCLIST
AND HIS PASSENGER TO U-T 4@
MEDICAL CENTER. NO ONE IN
THE CAR WAS HURT. DEPUTIES
CITED THAT DRIVER.4@
4@
THE CAR WAS HURT. DEPUTIES CITED THAT DRIVER.4@ @
THE CAR WAS HURT. DEPUTIES CITED THAT DRIVER.4@ IT'S THE SECOND CRASH ON
THE DRAGON IN AS MANY DAYS.
YESTERDAY -- THE 4@BLOUNT
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT SCALED
A 30-FOOT EMBANKMENT TO RESCUE
A MOTORCYLIST WHO FELL.
10NEWS REPORTER STEPHANIE
HAINES SHOWS US HOW THOSE
CREWS COMPLETED THE RESCUE. 4@
STANDUP LOOK LIVE: THIS IS THE
OVERLOOK AT MILE NINE ON THE
DRAGON, JUST ABOUT A HALF MILE
FROM WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY A
MAN WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
HE IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. 4@
NATS SURVEY HALF A DOZEN
MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS ON THE
DRAGON A4@ND YOU MAY HEAR THIS.
SOT JEFF FAIRFIELD, 4@INDIANA:
IT'S DANGEROUS, I ALMOST
CRASHED, I ABOUT WENT DOWN A
CLIFF. IT'S DANGEROUS BUT
EXCITING.SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT
VIEW IT DIFFERENTLY. SOT
CAPTAIN JOHNNY LEATHERWOOD:
IT'S A NIGHTMARE WE LIVE WITH. @
WE HADN'T HAD ONE OVER THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WE WERE
EXPECTING IT. LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOONRESCUE CREWS
RESPONDED TO A4@ CRASH AT MILE
MARKER NINE. THE TENNESSEE
HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS
55-YEAR-OLD DANIEL DAVIS OF
DECATUR WAS TRYING TO TURN
WHEN HE LAID THE BIKE DOWN AND
TUMBLED AT LEAST 30 FEET DOWN
AN EMBANKMENT. SEVERAL
AGENCIES RESPONDEDAND THE
BLOUNT COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
STARTED WHAT THEY CALL A
VERTICAL RESCUE. SOT CAPTAIN
JOHNNY LEATHERWOOD: PRETTY
STEEP EMBANKMENT AT THIS
POINT, IT WAS ALMOST VERTICAL.
IT WAS STEEP ENOUGH THAT YOU
COULDN'T ASCEND OR DESCEND
WITHOUT ROPES. HE SAYS THE MAN
WAS ALERT AND CONSCIOUS. SOT:
4@WE DROP OUR BASKET DOWN AND
GET HIM IN THE BASKET AND GET
HIM ON THE ROAD JUST AS QUICK
AS 4@POSSIBLE. THIS IS THE TRUC
THEY USE TO TAKE OUT TO
RESCUES AT THE DRAGONOR
WHICH THEY SAY THEY ARE THE
ONE OF THE MAIN RESCUE
SQ4@UADSESIDES ANOTHER OUTPOST
IN WALLAND.AND THEY'VE
ALREADY RESPONDED TO SEVERAL
ACCIDENTS ALREADY THIS YEAR.
HE SAID IT TYPICALLY TAKES
THEM ABOUT A HALF HOUR TO GET
THERE.4@.. AND RESCUES LIKE THI
TAKE A LOT OF TRAINING.AND
UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A LOT OF
PRACTICE. SOT: IT'S ALL THE
TIME WE GO UP THERE AND IT'S
NOT A HAPPY ENDING LIKE THIS
ONE.STILLTHE NEWS OF
ACCIDENTS ON THE DRAGON
DOESN'T DETER SOME
MOTORCYCLISTS. SOT JEFF
FAIRFIELD: YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.
STANDUP CLOSE: ON MY WAY DOWN,
IT APPEARED POLICE WERE
RESPONDING TO ANOTHER
ACCIDENT. BACK TO YOU.
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4@4@@ THE
4@4@@ THE BLOUNT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IT HAS
EXTRA PATROLS ON4@ THE DRAGON
ALMOST 4@EVERY DAY...APRIL
THROUGH SEPTEMBER. IT'S
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH AN
OVERTIME 4@GRANT SPECIFICALLY
FOR THE DRAGON FROM THE STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.4@
TO CAMPBELL COUNTY 4@NOW
WHERE WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN
AN A-T-V CRASH. IT
HAPPENED SUNDAY ABOUT SIX
MILES DOWN A TRAIL OFF STONEY
FORK ROAD NEAR CARYVILLE.
10NEWS ANCHOR BETH HAYNES
JOINS US WITH THE UPDATE.
BETH.
4@
JOINS US WITH THE UPDATE. BETH. @
JOINS US WITH THE UPDATE. BETH. 4@ ROBIN, THE A-T-V
FELL MORE THAN 100 FEET DOWN
AN EMBANKMENT. IT TOOK
RESCUE CREWS MORE THAN AN HOUR
TO REACH THE VICTIMS BECAUSE
OF THE ROUGH TERRAIN. AND
WE'RE NOW HEARING WHAT 9-1-1
DISPATCHERS LEARNED AS CALLS
CAME IN FOR HELP.
"DISPATCHER: HAVE A SIDE-
BY-SIDE THAT'S WENT OVER AN
EMBANKMENT WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON
IT. AT THIS TIME, THAT WE
KNOW OF, THERE IS ONE 4@
13-YEAR-OLD THAT IS TRAPPED.
HE IS RESPONDING. THE REST OF
THEM ARE
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THE 4@
THE CRASH 4@
THE CRASH KILLED 47- YEAR-OLD RONNIE AKINS... HIS SON, 19-YEAR-OLD DILLON
AKINS... AND DILLON'S BEST @
FRIEND, 19 YEAR OLD JONATHAN
LAWS. CREWS AIRLIFTED
DILLON'S 13-YEAR-OLD 4@COUSIN T
U-T MEDICAL CENTER.
THEY ARE FROM THE
ASHEVILLE, NORTH 4@CAROLINA A4@.
DILLON AND JONATHAN BOTH
PLAYED BASKETBALL AT NORTH
BUNCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL.4@ THE
SCHOOL SHARED THIS PICTURE OF
THEM ON 4@FACEBOOK.4@ THEIR
FORMER COACH, CHUCK ROBINSON,
SAYS THEIR LOSS IS HARD ON HIM
AND THE COMMUNITY.4@
CHUCK ROBINSON, BASKETBALL
COACH: "MY HEART JUST BROKE
FOR BOTH FAMILIES. THIS IS
4@THE FIRST TIME I'VE LOST
PLAYERS 07. BUTT TOI KNOW THAT
THIS COMMUNITY IS STRONG. THAT
THEY'LL WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND
BOTH FAMILIES." 05 DILLON
AND JONATHAN ATTENDED E-T-S-U
AND 4@WERE ROOMMATES.
THE UNIVERISTY SAYS THEY
JUST FINISHED THEIR FRESHMAN
YEAR. ROBIN, BACK TO YOU.
RIGHT NOW... THE KNOX
COUNTY COMMISSION IS SET TO 4@
CONSIDER A PROPOSED BUDGET CUT
TO THE COUNTY'S INDIGENT CARE
PROGRAM. THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL FROM MAYOR JACOBS
CALLS FOR A 30 PERCENT 4@
REDUCTION IN THE PR4@OGRAM WHIC
CARES FOR THE POOREST 4@OF THE
POOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT BRINGS THE FUNDING FROM 4
MILLION DOWN TO JUST UNDER 3
MILLION DOLLARS.
4@
MILLION DOWN TO JUST UNDER 3 MILLION DOLLARS. @
MILLION DOWN TO JUST UNDER 3 MILLION DOLLARS. 10NEWS REPORTER COLE
SULLIVAN IS LIVE AT THE CITY
COUNTY BUILDING WHERE
COMMISSION IS WORKING THROUGH
ITS AGENDA. COLE?
ROBIN....-COMMISSION HAS VOTE4@
OR HAS NOT DEPENDING. -HEALTH
DEPARTMENT 4@ASKED FOR AN
INCREASE IN BUDGET. -INSTEAD A
DECREASE
4@
INCREASE IN BUDGET. -INSTEAD A DECREASE -PROGRAM PAYS FOR HEALTHCARE
FOR 1000PLUS PEOPLE.-PEOPLE
WITH VERY LOW INCOME.-MAYOR
JACOBS CUT BUDGET. -SAYS IT
COMES DOWN TO COST.
4@4@
JACOBS CUT BUDGET. -SAYS IT COMES DOWN TO COST. HEALTHCA4@RE COSTS ARE GOING UP
FOR EVERYBODY. THEY'RE 4@GOING
UP FOR THE COUNTY. COUNTY
EMPLOYEES.OF COURSE THEY'RE
GOING UP FOR PEOPLE WHO PAY
TAXES. SO WE DON'T WANT TO HIT
THEM TWICE BY SEEING THEIR OWN
HEALTHCARE COSTS GO UP AS WELL
AS RISING COSTS OF WHAT THE
COUNTY COVERS-CARE WILL STAY
THE SAME BECAUSE THAT'S
REQUIRED.-HOSPITALS DON'T LIKE
-COVENANT CONCERNED.
4@4@
REQUIRED.-HOSPITALS DON'T LIKE -COVENANT CONCERNED. -TENNOVA SAYS COULD IMPEDE
ABILITY TO SERVE PATIENTS.
-FULL BUDGET VOTE JUNE 64@
BACK TO YOU.4@
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TOURISM @4@
TOURISM IN THE "BIG SOUTH FORK NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION 4@AREA" CREATED
25-POINT-6 MILLION DOLLARS IN
ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE AREA.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. IT
SAYS MORE THAN 760-THOUSAND
PEOPLE VISITED 4@THE PARK LAST
YEAR. AND THEIR SPENDING 4@
SUPPORTED 290 JOBS IN THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY.
PAUL REUBENS IS COMING
TO THE KNOXVILLE FANBOY EXPO
LATER THIS SUMMER.
HE'S BEST KNOWN4@ FOR
PORTRAYING THE ICONIC
CHARACTER "PEE-WEE HERMAN."
FANBOY EXPO SAYS REUBENS WILL4
REPLACE MOLLY RINGWALD.4@
4@ THE "16 CANDLES" AND
"PRETTY IN PINK" STAR HAD TO
CANCEL ...DUE TO FILMING
CHANGES ON THE SHOW
"RIVERDALE." FANBOY EXPO
SAYS RINGWALD'S CHARACTER ON
THAT SHOW IS NOW BACK AS A
REGULAR AFTER THE PASSING OF
LUKE PERRY.
4@ FANBOY EXPO IS JULY 12T
THROUGH 14TH AT THE KNOXVILLE
CONVENTION CENTER. IT WILL
FEATURE REUBENS AND SEVERAL
OTHER