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The name of the 50 year-old Chariton man who was killed in a single vehicle accident in Knoxville yesterday morning has been released. An investigation revealed that Jeffrey R. Moody was traveling north bound on Lincoln Street when witnesses state his 1993 Chevrolet Lumina was moving erratically south of the accident scene. Approximately 341 feet south of Bell Avenue the vehicle left the road and moved onto the east shoulder and hit the support pole of the traffic light on the northeast corner of Lincoln Street and Bell Avenue. Moody was removed from the vehicle by officers and passersby and CPR was started until Knoxville Fire and Rescue arrived at the scene. He was transported to Knoxville Hospital and Clinics where he was later pronounced dead. The cause of the crash is still under investigation and Moody’s body was sent to the coroner’s laboratory for an autopsy.

The Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville Fire and Rescue and Marion County Sheriff’s deputies assisted at the scene.

Updated from original post on Sunday August 22nd at 2:04pm

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