Unionville man dies following three-vehicle crash

Allen Haynes of Unionville, a passenger in the truck at left, died after a collision on North Main Street late Friday morning. The PT Cruiser (middle) pulled through a gap in a line of traffic, police said, while attempting to turn onto Hickory Drive off North Main. It hit the van at right after the collision with the truck. (Photo by Bo Melson) [Click to enlarge] [Order this photo]

A Unionville man died Friday following a three-vehicle crash at a dangerous Shelbyville intersection.

Allen Haynes, 71, of U.S. 41-A North, was pronounced dead on arrival at Bedford County Medical Center, Maj. Jan Phillips of the Shelbyville Police Department said.

Haynes was a passenger in a truck driven by Joshua D. Bomar, 19, of the same address. Cause of his death is undetermined, police said.

The Bomar truck was northbound in the outside lane of Main Street at 11:19 a.m. alongside a line of traffic stopped in the inside lane behind a car waiting to turn into the Legends Restaurant parking lot, Phillips said.

Krystle R. Collier, 26, Lynncrest Drive, Unionville, was southbound on North Main, turned through a gap in the stopped cars toward Hickory Drive and into the path of the Bomar truck, according to police.

After impact the Collier car struck a van driven by Donnita C. Stacey, 39, Anderton Road, which was stopped on Hickory Drive, Phillips said.

Bomar was taken to BCMC while Collier and a passenger in her car, Christopher D. Henley, 5, of her address, were transported to Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, police said.

Stacey was uninjured.