TENNESSEE DEPUTY HIT BY CAR WHILE INVESTIGATING WRECK

Hawkins County Deputy Chris Price was recovering from surgery in fair condition Tuesday evening at Holston Valley Medical Center, one day after being struck by a car while investigating a minor accident on a narrow county road. Price, 36, of Church Hill, was dispatched to a narrow, winding section of Sensabaugh Hollow Road in an unincorporated area of Hawkins County north of Kingsport shortly before 6 p.m. Monday evening January 1 to investigate a single-vehicle accident without injuries. Price, an 11-year veteran of the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office, suffered two broken legs among his injuries.