Martin, Tenn.–Martin Police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are investigating a collision Wednesday afternoon that claimed the life of a Martin woman.
Alice Kay Jackson, age 70, was killed in the two-vehicle collision that occurred at 1:37 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Skyhawk Parkway and Courtright Rd.
Assistant Martin Police Chief Phillip Fuqua said officers arrived and discovered that a maroon 2018 Buick sedan driven by Mrs. Jackson had been involved in a crash at the intersection with a silver 2016 GMC Sierra pickup driven by Derek M. Record, age 20 of Dyer.
Mrs. Jackson was traveling east on Courtright Rd. and Record was traveling south on Skyhawk Pkwy. After the collision, the pickup overturned in the right-of-way on the east side of Skyhawk Pkwy and the sedan ran off of the roadway into a soybean field southwest of Midway Wholesale Florist.
Both drivers were transported to Volunteer Hospital in Martin by the Weakley County EMS. Record was treated and released.
Martin Police Dept. Sgt. Trae Vaughn is still investigating the crash with assistance from Trooper Matthew Moeller with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.