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Wooten, 27, killed going to work
WEB-CRASH
Emergency responders use extrication equipment to free Kendal Wooten from the wreckage.
A man was killed Wednesday morning when he pulled in front of an oncoming vehicle on Nashville Highway as he was heading to work.The man, Kendal Wooten, 27, was pronounced dead on arrival at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital. The driver of the other vehicle, Katie Phillips, 19, was taken to River Park for treatment of noncritical injuries.According to Highway Patrolman Wade Myers, the wreck happened around 7 a.m. at the intersection of Airport Road and Nashville Highway when Wooten failed to yield the right of way as he pulled out of Spring Valley Road heading across the highway. Wooten entered the path of an eastbound 2004 Volvo driven by Phillips and was struck on the passenger side.