Charges are pending against the driver of a pick-up truck and passenger in Sunday crash

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- The Tennessee Highway Patrol sheds little light in its preliminary report from a Sunday afternoon single-vehicle wreck that sent all four occupants to the hospital.

At 4:56pm, Sunday, a 1988 Chevrolet 1500 pick-up truck was traveling west on Middlesboro Road when it failed to maintain its lane of travel crossing the center dividing line, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The report said the truck ran off the left, north, side of the roadway and down an embankment striking a standing tree where the truck came to an uncontrolled rest.

Douglas Davis, Jr., 57, of Tennessee, was driving the pick-up with 27-year old Audra Burlew of Michigan as his front seat passenger in the cab. Charges are pending against both. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Not stated, but inferred, is that 19-year old Malik Golston of Tennessee and a juvenile from Tennessee were riding in the bed of the pick-up not wearing seat belts. All four were injured and transported to a hospital.

Highway 63, The General Carl Stiner Highway, was completely shutdown right before 5pm Sunday

This truck veered off Middlesboro Road a little before 5pm Sunday.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Late Sunday afternoon, a pick-up truck ran off Middlesboro Road near the corner of Davis Chapel Road striking a tree as it headed down an embankment, according to officials.

VERY TOP PHOTO: Three medical helicopters landed near the scene on Highway 63, The General Carl Stiner Highway.

The accident happened about a hundred yards east of Davis Chapel Road.

The four occupants were all injured, two people were said to have been thrown from the bed of the truck, and two others were said to be trapped inside the cab. A Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputy transported a child to the La Follette Medical Center in his cruiser. The three other patients are being flown out.

This is a look from Highway 63, The General Carl Stiner Highway, looking up Davis Chapel Road.

Traffic was routed off Highway 63, The General Carl Stiner Highway, in each direction.

There were traffic jams in each direction late Sunday afteroon.
East and west bound traffic was diverted.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the accident that was called in to Central Dispatch at 4:52pm.

Three medical helicopters landed near the scene on Highway 63, The General Carl Stiner Highway.

Multiple agencies responded including La Follette Fire and Police, Campbell County Rural Fire Service, the CCSO and Campbell EMS. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-07/20/2025-6PM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)

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