ROCK ISLAND, Tenn.(AP)
One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes
later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in
flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.
Hill, 42, got into a crash after turning into the path of an
oncoming car Tuesday evening, said Tennessee Highway Patrol Officer
Monte Terry. Hill's wife heard the crash and ran outside,
leaving the kitchen stove, where she had been cooking
unattended.
Within minutes, their Rock Island trailer was on fire, and
firefighters who had responded to the accident found themselves
fighting the blaze.
The rural central Tennessee home had extensive damage. Hill was
treated at the hospital and released, but he was cited in the
accident for failure to yield.
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