Updated: 5/16/2009 6:07:33 PM
Troopers are trying to determine what caused two separate fatal crashes Saturday morning in northeast Tennessee. The first happened just before 2:30 a.m. on Trent Valley Road in Sneedville in Hancock County. Troopers say 20 year old Orry Trent was driving an ATV on Trent Valley Road when he lost control in a curve. The ATV hit a tree and Trent was thrown off, along with his passenger, 18 year old Megan Smith. Smith was killed. Neither one was wearing a helmet. Troopers believe alcohol may have played a role in the crash. At 11 a.m. in Rogersville in Hawkins County, 28 year old Jeffrey Boatman was killed when he lost control of a pickup truck on Old Highway 11-W. It hit several trees before coming to rest on its side. A passenger in the truck was hurt. Both men were wearing seatbelts. Troopers do not believe alcohol played a role in the Hawkins County crash.
