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Twin killed as brothers' truck plunges into creek

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
By David Melson

Bedford County firefighters David Boyce, left, and Randy Glover walk away from a truck which ran into a creek on Midland Road early Saturday night leaving one man dead and two others, including his twin brother, injured.
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One man is dead after a truck driven by his twin brother plunged into a creek early Saturday night on Midland Road north of Shelbyville, investigators said.

Louis Emerson Davis, 47, of Naron Road died at the scene when the truck in which he was riding plunged off a culvert and landed on its roof, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

His brother, Lloyd Davis, 47, also of Shelbyville, suffered minor injuries and refused treatment, according to State Trooper William Spivey. Investigators said Lloyd was driving the truck.

The men owned Davis Brothers Motorsports of Shelbyville.

"I don't know if he drowned or died of his injuries but the only visible injuries we saw were a couple of cuts or scrapes," Spivey said of Louis Davis. "There could have been something going on inside."

Another passenger, who was not named on the accident report and whom Spivey refused to name due to the "nature" of the accident, was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville after initial treatment at Heritage Medical Center, the THP said. Spivey said he was uncertain of the extent of his injuries. Bystanders at the scene said the passenger was a stepson of one of the brothers.

The accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m., Spivey said.

"The driver was southbound on Midland Road, was negotiating a curve and (the truck) ran off the right side of the roadway and came to rest on its top," Spivey said. "It didn't appear to be a high-speed accident."

Scrape marks were visible atop a culvert over which the 2003 GMC full-size extended cab truck ran before overturning into the creek, which is two to 3 feet deep.

"All indications were that seat belts were being used," Spivey said.

A CIRT, or Critical Incident Response Team, was called from Nashville to investigate. The investigation is continuing, Spivey said Tuesday afternoon.

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What happened to the comments that were here?

Also 'twins' killed? And 'brothers' truck'?

I am not picking on punctuation or typos. I am asking if both twins were killed and if both brothers owned the truck.

-- Posted by gottago on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 4:55 PM

I am soooo confused. Were both men killed? The article says twins were killed then says something else?

-- Posted by swoosie on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 5:21 PM

Gottago,

I commented earlier and its gone. I wonder why?

-- Posted by im_just_sayin on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 5:33 PM

The previous comments are gone simply because we decided to tweak the story a little bit and couldn't get the previous version offline without resending everything from scratch.

Brothers' truck refers to the fact that both were riding in it at the time.

-- Posted by David Melson on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 6:31 PM

And 'twins' should have read 'twin'. That typo has been corrected.

-- Posted by David Melson on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 6:45 PM

I so hated to hear this, both brothers were friends of mine. Louis is a great person, we had a lot of fun riding 4 wheelers together, he will be missed. My heart goes out to Lloyd also.

-- Posted by tncamper on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 7:12 PM

Thanks for clarifying,David.

Not that it is good news because one did indeed lose his life, but I am glad the other survived.

-- Posted by gottago on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 7:28 PM

One of these brothers had his back broken a short time ago.I know these guys from business and this is another tragedy added to the one they already had,prayers to the family.

-- Posted by shrtckt2003 on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 7:56 PM

Glad they decided to change the headline.

Artlicle doesn't mention anything about the fact that Lloyd was trying to avoid a dog in the road, or that he passed the alcohol sobriety test at the scene.

-- Posted by trkrmom on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 10:09 PM

The previous article mention possible charges to be filed against the driver. If there were no alchohol or drugs involved, and speed was not a factor, I don't see why the man should suffer more than what he's going thru. I'm sure he is devastated by the fact that he lost his twin. An accident is just that, an accident. Unless the driver was intoxicated or under any other influence, please let the man grieve. It's bad enough he'll probably blame himself for a long time anyway. There shouldn't be charges filed if it's just an accident.

-- Posted by craftin_mom on Wed, Oct 21, 2009, at 7:03 AM

Louis has left a lot of us grieving and many friends. In spite of previous comments they were honorable people from an honorable family. Lloyd will open the business again on the 27th and try to start over without his best friend and brother.

Louis was/is a Christian and Lloyd is also. They are not without their trials as many of us are. I ask for your prayers for Lloyd as he is suffering from his loss.He did pass the field sobriety test and the rest of the inivestigation is just to get down what happened.

-- Posted by swoosie on Wed, Oct 21, 2009, at 9:46 AM

gottago, I think you skinned your ignorance. Twin is singular, twins is plural. The Headline stated "twin killed" meaning one. Get it? I didn't think so.

-- Posted by chs61 on Wed, Oct 21, 2009, at 12:47 PM

And 'twins' should have read 'twin'. That typo has been corrected.

-- Posted by David Melson on Tue, Oct 20, 2009, at 6:45 PM

chs61...you should read all the comments before you jump all over someone. The "twins typo" was corrected.

-- Posted by neighborhood mom on Wed, Oct 21, 2009, at 1:55 PM

Chs61,

Rethink your comments, dude.

If you had arrived at this discussion earlier, you would have realized that the revised headline (the current one is headline #3, BTW) did indeed read 'twins killed'.

-- Posted by gottago on Thu, Oct 22, 2009, at 8:43 AM

"Another passenger, who was not named on the accident report and whom Spivey refused to name due to the "nature" of the accident...."

I'm not sure I understand what this means. Why would any name ever be excluded from an accident report? It's an official document and should never exclude any known information. I'm also unsure what the "nature of the accident" portion of this statement was referring to.

I'm certainly not trying to imply that the people involved in this accident have done anything wrong; this statement just seems odd to me.

My heart goes out to this family.

-- Posted by Nobody'sFool on Thu, Oct 22, 2009, at 10:19 AM

I stand corrected.

-- Posted by chs61 on Thu, Oct 22, 2009, at 12:54 PM