Sullivan County Deputy Hit on I-81

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A Sullivan County Deputy was struck by a truck I-81 tonight here is the story from Bristol news .com

BY DANIEL TAYLOR
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
BLOUNTVILLE
Police said he shoved a woman out of harm’s way just before he was hit.
Deputy Robert Bowlin was taken by ambulance at around 7:30 p.m. to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport. He was in stable condition at press time.
Bowlin was struck while outside his cruiser, standing on the edge of the highway next to a car that had been in a rear-end collision near Exit 66, said Trooper Noah Click of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Driver Staci Reeves, 20, of Blountville had rear-ended a Jeep driven by 67-year-old James Bentley, also of Blountville, Click said. No one was hurt in that wreck.
Traffic was passing the wreck in the right lane, but a man driving a pickup towing a trailer apparently couldn’t move to the right and tried to pass on the left, where the deputy was standing, the trooper said.
Bowlin was helping Reeves out of the car when he saw the truck coming at him, said sheriff’s Detective B.J. Richardson. He shoved Reeves into the median and out of the way.

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