The Tennessee Department of Transportation has begun a safety audit of a section of Interstate 65 near Millersville.
This comes nearly a month after three people were killed in a crash near exit 102. Gerald Swank and his son, Michael, were killed after Mary Dawson lost control of her car, drove into the median and went airborne before landing on the other side of the interstate.
Dawson hit the Buick Gerald and Michael were driving, killing them instantly, according to the crash report obtained by News Channel 5.
"My body is numb," Cathy Swank said. "I'm just in a daze."
Swank is the wife of Gerald and the mother to Michael. She has been pushing transportation officials to improve that stretch of the interstate.
"There needs to be something to stop cars or slow them down so maybe they could get control of their car," Swank said.
News Channel 5 has learned TDOT officials have met with local authorities to begin looking at improving the roadway.
"Whenever we have a serious accident, we always have to go back and look at it," Community Relations Officer Kathryn Schulte said.
News Channel 5 has learned there were more than 100 accidents in the three mile stretch of the interstate where February's accident occurred. So far this year, there have been more than 20.
Officials claimed most of those accidents were due to weather. However, they are now in the process of putting together a list of any improvements that might be made.
"We really have to go from there to look at what kind of safety measures we are going to use," Schulte added.
Those safety measures could include guardrails, shoulder improvements and possibly additional signs.
TDOT is already planning to add a message board to that area, after completing another safety audit a few years ago. Officials said they are hoping to complete any additional safety measures along with that project.
Swank hopes something is done and questions if anything could have helped save her husband and son's lives.
"I have a lot of if's, but I can't let if's eat me up like that," Swank said.
It is unclear when these safety improvements will be implemented.
