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Jeffery Lynn Hampton
A 22 year old Buena Vista man became Carroll County's fourth fraffic fatality when his 1984 Chevorlet Monte Carlo stuck a tree about 2 1/2 miles south of Hollow Rock Saturday.
Jeffery L. Hampton 22, was killed about 6:20 p.m., according to Trooper Charles Pickard of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Hampton was driving north on Hollow Rock - Buena Vista Road at excessive speed when he lost control of the vehicle and skidded approximately 546 feet before striking a tree on the passanger side of the car, said Pickard.
According to witnesses, the victim was crossing a bridge when he encountered a dip in the structure and lost controll, the trooper said. On impact, he was thrwn partially through the rear window.
The victim was transported by ambulance to Baptist Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival with multiple injuries.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at Prospect Baptist Church in Hollow Rock. Rev. Jimmy Allison and Rev. Steve Davis officiated. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery with Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home of Camden in charge.
Mr. Hampton, a painter for Tennessee Metals in Huntingdon, was a 1980 graduate of Bruceton-Hollow Rock Central High School and a member of the Prospect Baptist Church.
Surviving are his parents, Eldon J. and Nadine Hampton of Buena Vista; a brother, Gary Hampton of Bruceton; and his grandfather Elmer Hampton of Buena Vista.