A Friendsville man was charged with a fourth DUI offense and vehicular assault following a two-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon on Alcoa Highway near Topside Road.
According to Sgt. Rodney Wilson of the Alcoa Police Department, at approximately 4:11 p.m., a 1973 orange Volkswagen Beetle was traveling northbound on Alcoa Highway, when a 2002 blue Ford Escape traveling southbound, driven by 35-year-old Michael Dee Palmer, Cedar Crest Lane, was attempting to make a left turn into the Cornerstone of Recovery facility. Palmer’s vehicle pulled into the path of the Volkswagen during the turn, and the vehicles collided after Palmer failed to yield.
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