Crime & Safety
College Student from Forsyth Killed in Tennessee Crash
The 21-year-old student was ejected from his 4Runner and was not wearing a seatbelt.
A seatbelt may have saved the life of a 21-year-old college student from Forsyth County who was killed Sunday afternoon in a crash in Jefferson County, Tn.
Evan Nathaniel Loggins of Mars Hill Road in Cumming was travelling eastbound on Interstate 40 when his 2002 Toyota 4Runner veered to the right shoulder of the roadway, an incident report stated.
Trooper Randy Spurgeon wrote that Loggins "over corrected" and that his vehicle started to flip, rolling three times before coming to rest on its top in the road.
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Loggins who was not wearing a seatbelt was ejected from the vehicle on the first roll, according to a witness.
A passenger, Alyssa D. Crum, 19, from Greenville, Tn., was injured in the crash, and was wearing a seatbelt. She was taken to Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System for her non-life threatening injuries, according to the Citizen Tribune.
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Both Loggins and Crum attended Carson-Newman, a Christian college, in Jefferson City, Tn.
The college told WATE.com that Loggins would have been a sophomore majoring in physical education and that he had played football for the college previously.
The report stated that speed, drugs nor alcohol were a factor in the crash.
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