JCPD NEWS RELEASE
SUBJECT: | Lt. Becky West | DATE: | 03/29/14 | TIME: | 8:10 pm |
PREPARED BY: | Felony Arrest | APPROVED BY: | |||
On March 29, 2014 at about 4:45 pm., officers of the Johnson City Police Department responded to a vehicle crash with serious injuries on University Pkwy. about one mile west of Greenlee Rd. overpass. Officers found that a Ford Taurus, being driven by Christine E. Bassett, age 40, 505 Grady Simmons Rd., Erwin, Tn. was traveling westbound on University Pkwy and ran off the roadway and struck a bicyclist who was riding in the emergency lane heading in the same direction. The bicyclist, John D. Moody, age 30, 201 Water Plant Rd., Elizabethton, Tn., who received serious injuries, was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital by EMS for treatment. The driver of the vehicle, Christine Bassett, appeared to be intoxicated and was placed under arrest for DUI 1st offense and aggravated assault. She was taken to the Washington County Detention Center where she was booked in. Court date is set for March 31, 2014 at 1:30 pm in Washington County General Sessions Court.
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