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THP plans saturated patrols
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Nashville Highway will be the focus of a multi-county crackdown as lawmen will be swarming the heavily traveled Midstate traffic artery in search of drunk and reckless drivers.The announcement was made by Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgts. Billy Prater, Jon Officer, Rick Woodward, and Jimmy Jones, whose counties along Highway 70, known as Nashville Highway here, will be on board for the saturated patrol this Friday.“This multi-agency, multi-county saturation is being conducted together with the Cannon, Rutherford, Warren, White and Van Buren County Sheriff’s Departments and the McMinnville and Woodbury Police Departments,” said Highway Patrol Sgt. Billy Prater. The targeted highway, U.S. 70S runs from State Highway 111 in White County to the intersection of US 41 in Murfreesboro, passing through Van Buren, Warren and Cannon counties.