WARREN COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers arrested the man they say was behind the wheel when a 71-year-old woman was hit and killed Monday.
Gary Driver of McMinnville was taken into custody and charged with criminal homicide and leaving the scene of a crash involving a fatality.
According to the preliminary report, 71-year-old Mildred Herrin was weed eating on a bank when the crash happened.
The 49-year-old was traveling west on Swan Mill Road and allegedly left the right side of the road. He lost control of the vehicle as it left the roadway. The vehicle hit a tree then hit Herrin.
Police say Driver left the scene of the crash. Herrin died from her injuries.
