One person was injured in a grinding two tractor-trailer crash Monday morning on Highway 64 in Franklin County.
According to a report by Trooper Donnie Clark, around 8:30 a.m. Monday Daniel Sullivan, 30, of Boaz, Ala. fell asleep and his 2000 Freightline truck struck the rear of a grain trailer being pulled by a truck operated by Paul Armer, 71, of Hillsboro.
The Sullivan vehicle struck the rear of the grain truck causing it to spill wheat over two lanes of the eastbound side of the highway. Sullivan’s truck then veered into the median of the highway and crashed. Armer was able to get the grain truck to the shoulder before it overturned. The impact of the crash broke the grain truck in half according to the trooper’s report.
Sullivan was transported by LifeFlight helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville for treatment of his injuries.

Gasoline prices are beginning to decline as we approach the Independence Day holiday weekend. AAA forecasts the most automobile travelers in seven years. However, motorists are likely to find the most expensive gasoline prices for Independence Day since 2008.
“Market concerns about a supply disruption in Iraq are calming,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “The price of oil slipped last week, so motorists should begin to see some relief at the pump. However, the discount may only be a nickel, keeping the average price on Independence Day at its highest level since 2008.”
The highest price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was set on Independence Day 2008. The average price for a gallon of gasoline was $3.93 in Tennessee. The second highest gasoline prices were in 2011, when the average price was $3.36 in Tennessee. The average price for a gallon of gasoline on July 4, 2013 was $3.25 in Tennessee. Right now the national average is $3.68 and in Tennessee the average is $3.46. The low price in Manchester is $3.33 and in Tullahoma the low price per gallon is $3.35.

A law limiting the purchase of cold and allergy medicines used to make illegal methamphetamine is among those taking effect on July 1.
The anti-meth law requires a prescription to obtain more than 28.8 grams of pseudoephedrine per year, which is the equivalent of about five months’ worth of the maximum dosage of medicines like Sudafed.
According to the governor’s office, 268 children were removed from their homes last year because of meth-related incidents and nearly 1,700 meth labs were seized.
Also taking effect on Tuesday is a measure that requires more disclosure from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, as well as a statute that allows the state to use the electric chair to execute death row inmates.