SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION RESULTS IN FATALITY

August 31, 2022

According to a press release issued from Fulton Police Chief Allen Poole, Fulton Police Department, on Aug. 31, responded to a single vehicle collision in the 300 block of North Highland Drive in Fulton, where the investigation determined a black Lexus driven by Jade Wiggins of Fulton, was traveling eastbound on North Highland Drive, when it left the roadway. The vehicle then struck a culvert, becoming airborne, before returning to the ground and hitting a second culvert. As a result, severe damage was inflicted onto the front of the vehicle, and Wiggins was extracted from the vehicle by the Fulton and South Fulton Fire Departments and treated by Ken-Tenn EMS. Wiggins was transported by Air-Evac to a Dyersburg Hospital where she died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.