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Damaged bolt blamed for deadly wreck
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A local teen was killed and his passenger was injured when the truck in which they were riding crashed and overturned on Bethany Road.The driver, Skyler O’dineal, 19, was dead at the scene of the Saturday morning wreck while his passenger, Cody Cagle, 19, of Woodbury was critically injured and flown to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga by LifeForce helicopter from Warren County Memorial Airport.According to Highway Patrol Sgt. Billy Prater, O’dineal was driving a 2001 Ford Ranger northbound on Bethany Road when he lost control of his truck. Bethany Road is a two-lane secondary road between Newtown and Centertown which runs off Nashville Highway. The vehicle went off the road and struck an embankment and went through a fence before rolling repeatedly.The driver was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled through a field causing his fatal injuries.