The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release last week stating that on Wednesday September 28, 2022 at approximately 2:02 PM, while transporting a prisoner to the Wayne County Jail, a Wayne County Sheriff’s Office deputy was involved in an accident with an ATV driven by a juvenile female on Bromley Road in Southern Wayne County. The ATV entered the roadway from a wooded area and struck the patrol vehicle on the passenger side near the headlight area. Deputy Brett Rinehart, the driver of the patrol vehicle, immediately requested EMS via radio with Wayne County dispatch to respond to the scene.
Deputy Rinehart then assessed the situation with the juvenile female, who was not wearing a helmet, and relayed the information to the responding EMS unit. The juvenile female was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Neither Deputy Rinehart nor the prisoner he was transporting suffered any physical injuries. The Tennessee Highway Patrol was dispatched to the scene and worked the accident.
