MCMINN CO, TN (WRCB) - Some good news out of McMinn County where the Sheriff's office say the county has had a significant decrease in traffic fatalities in the first half of 2011.
McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy says they are currently 4 fatalities below where they were at this time last year.
By this time last year, McMinn County had suffered 8 deaths on their roads with a final year count of 20.
Guy says they have worked closely with the Governor's Highway Safety Office and THP to develop some new strategies in patrol as well as assisting in safety and DUI checkpoints.