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Alcohol suspected as two hospitalized
Hendrix arrested as passengers airlifted
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A bottle of tequila and empty beer cans may have been what contributed to the wreck of a car driven by Joan Ellen Hendrix, 48, Saturday night. Two passengers in the vehicle, Tony Chapman, 31, and Paul Smith, 39, were both airlifted following the crash.Warren County Sheriff’s deputy Jared Jacobs responded to a wreck on Hennessee Avenue located in Riverview Subdivision in the Smartt Station area around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night.Hendrix had failed to negotiate a curve located at the bottom of a hill on Hennessee Avenue. Hendrix was driving a 2012 Dodge Avenger which crossed the road on the driver’s side, jumped a ditch and ended up in bushes after turning 180 degrees, leaving the car facing the direction from which it came.Jacobs wrote in his report the driver stated she did not know the road well.