A CARTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEUPTY IS RECOVERING FROM INJURIES HE SUSTAINED IN CRASH AS HE TRIED TO STOP AN ERATIC DRIVER FROM CRASHING INTO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN JOHNSON CITY. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 24 YEAR OLD JACOB WARD WAS TRAVELING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HIGHWAY 321 YESTERDAY MORNING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE SLAMMED HIS VEHICLE HEADON INTO DEPUTY MATT LUNCEFORD’S CRUISER. THE REPORTED SPEED WAS 85 MILES PER HOUR.