Tennessee Highway Safety Office Joins Hands Across the Border with Georgia and North Carolina

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 28, 2016
Contact: Arriale Tabson
Arriale.Tabson@TN.Gov
Mobile: 615-767-3242

MEDIA ADVISORY
Tennessee Highway Safety Office Joins Hands Across the Border with Georgia and North Carolina
 Parents of Brady Singleton Speak for Traffic Safety Awareness

POLK COUNTY – On Saturday, October 29, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO), Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia State Patrol and North Carolina State Highway Patrol will partner for a press event to kick off Hands Across the Border, a multi-jurisdictional sobriety checkpoint held that evening. The checkpoint will take place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Highway 64 to crack down on alcohol-impaired driving during the Halloween weekend.

During the press event, Polk County residents Ronald and Shirley Singleton will tell the story of their three-year-old son, Brady, who was killed on April 29, 2008, from a hit-and-run incident in Cherokee County, North Carolina. Press event details are listed below.
 

For more information, please contact Arriale Tabson at 615-767-3242 or arriale.tabson@tn.gov.