Stanley airlifted after splitting telephone pole
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The woman, Melody Stanley, was traveling on Short Mountain Road toward McMinnville when her 2000 Chrysler Cirrus spun out of control and collided with a telephone pole. The brunt of the impact was absorbed by the driver’s side door portion of the car.
State trooper Mike Tanner said it was his belief rain slick roads contributed to the crash. Heavy rains pounded the area Friday morning and roads were still wet at the time of the 1:30 p.m. wreck.
“It looks to me like she was driving too fast for the road conditions,” said Tanner. “You have to really slow down on this road when it’s wet.”
However, Stanley, 36, told her boyfriend from her hospital bed that another vehicle triggered the accident.
“She told me a truck ran her off the road and didn’t even bother to stop,” said Warren County resident Garry Murphy. Asked about Stanley’s condition, Murphy said hospital officials only let him see his girlfriend for a few minutes Friday and Saturday. He said she was heavily medicated and not very lucid on Saturday.
Stanley is an Alabama resident who frequently visits the area to see Murphy.
Crews from Ben Lomand were on hand and said they would have a new telephone pole in place in about an hour.
Short Mountain Road is a narrow and curvy two-lane road known for its frequent accidents. A local teen was killed on the road in February.