ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CRASH IN JOHNSON CITY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON

One person is dead after a crash in Johnson City on Saturday afternoon. At 4:34 p.m., the Johnson City Police Department responded to a traffic crash at the intersection of Bristol Highway and Green Valley Drive. The officers found that a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro was traveling northbound on Bristol Highway and went into the southbound lanes into the path of a 2005 Cadillac Escalade that was traveling south. The Escalade struck the Camaro in the passenger side where 23-year-old Whitney Martin of Jonesborough was sitting, she was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital where she died from the injuries. Her fiancee, 23-year-old Ethan Morelock, was driving the Camaro, he did not suffer any injuries. The Escalade was driven by 73-year-old Johnny Yates of Johnson City, he was also transported to the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The Johnson City Police Department Traffic Crash Reconstruction Team is conducting an investigation. 

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