Last week the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department and Woodbury Police Department assisted the Tennessee Highway Patrol with a sobriety checkpoint on Highway 96 in Auburntown at the Marshall Creek intersection. Officers conducted the checkpoint between 9pm and11pm. There were 21 officers present; 13 from the Sheriff’s Department, 5 from the Police Department, and 3 from the Highway Patrol.
During the checkpoint contact was made with 193 cars in the two-hour period. Seven vehicles during the period were detained and one vehicle was searched. There were also six citations and two warnings issued for minor traffic offenses.
Within a two mile stretch on Highway 96 there have been 6 fatalities this year to date, three in Cannon County and three in Rutherford County. The Cannon County Sheriff’s Department and the Tennessee Highway Patrol would like to remind everyone that we are working hard to combat the loss of life on our roadways.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has indicated that they will also be giving this section of the highway additional attention over the Memorial Day weekend.