Road Transport

Impaired driver hits county school bus with infant in vehicle; 17-year-old mother initially takes blame for accident (08/29/09)
A Dyer County School bus was traveling on Upper Finley Road when it was side swiped by a car on Friday afternoon. The accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. as Dyer County school bus #80 was heading in the direction of the city limits. The older model Nissan Altima rounded a curve, struck the bus and came to a rest in a ditch about 40 yards from the school bus...

More roads closed as water rises in rural areas; more citations (03/31/08)
The 1.5-inch rainfall since Friday swelled already bloated streams to overtop their banks Saturday and Sunday, prompting a flash flood warning for Dyer County. Highway 105 south of Trimble, Tatumville Road south of Tatumville and Hogwallow Road northeast of Dyersburg were closed on Sunday, adding to the closed roads leading to the floodwaters in the western third of the county...

Sightseers interfering with work (03/23/08)
The Tennessee Highway Patrol was called on Saturday to help local authorities keep sightseers away from the flooded areas in western Dyer County. "I know it's interesting," said Dyer County Levee District chief Jimmy Moody. "But they don't want to get in the midst of these trucks and rocks and work."...

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