Last week, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) announced the award recipients from its 35th Annual Tennessee Lifesavers Conference on Wednesday, August 2, through Friday, August 4. Agencies and individuals were awarded for achievements in traffic safety education, advocacy, and enforcement to reduce traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities through THSO grant-funded programs related to child passenger safety, teen driver advocacy, impaired-driving prevention, speed reduction, pedestrian safety, and more.
Cumberland County and Stone Memorial were among ten high schools that received “Reduce TN Crashes Gold Awards”.
Five agencies received “Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Awards” including the McMinnville-Warren County CPS Coalition which won “CPS Fitting Station of the Year”, and the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department – Safe Journey Program, which earned the “Dr. Robert Sander’s Leadership and Service Award”.