A four-wheeler wreck last Thursday injured the 14-year-old driver of the vehicle and claimed the life of a Macon County Junior High School student described fondly by family, friends, neighbors, and teachers as “a sweet little girl”.

Corrina Windsor, 12, the daughter of Bill and Debbie Windsor, of Smith Hale Rd. in Lafayette, died December 28, when the yellow Honda Recon 250 all-terrain vehicle she was riding with her friend Kiona Scott, 14, went off a bridge and crashed into a shallow creek bed.

The wreck happened at about 3:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon, in a shady valley where Driver Rd., Claude Fox Rd., and Bottom road converge at a small bridge over a shallow branch of White Oak Creek.

The four-wheeler, driven by Kiona Scott, was reported to be traveling north on Claude Fox Rd., when it went out of control, traveled off the bridge, and landed nose-down in the creek, according to Trooper Terry Seay of the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Kiona Scott was life flighted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash. Neither girl was wearing a helmet, according to the THP.

Although Kiona's injuries are reported, by a family member, to include a broken pelvis, a broken leg, and spleen injuries, she crawled out of the water and up the creek bank, calling out for help for her friend, according to witnesses on the scene, immediately following the crash.

Corrina Windsor was a student at Macon County Jr. High and Kiona Scott is a freshman at Macon County High School.

“I just saw a yellow flash, when the four-wheeler went off the bridge; I don't have a phone, so I went to my sister's and told her to call 911,” reported R.D. Lancaster, who lives near the site of the accident.

Margaret West, Lancaster's sister, said she dialed 911 and

reported the wreck, then ran outside, into her yard.

“I saw Mrs. West, outside waving for help,” said Donald Bucy, a passing motorist and resident of the area. “My son-in-law Tommy got out of the truck and ran into the creek. We moved Corrina out of the water and Tommy started doing CPR,” Bucy explained. 

Donald Bucy and his son-in-law Tommy Ferguson were traveling down Driver Rd., about to bear left onto the concrete bridge that crosses a deeper end of the creek, when Bucy reports he looked to the right, in response to the sound of a loud truck. The truck that drew Bucy's attention to the accident scene was not reported to be involved in the wreck. Tommy Ferguson was here visiting for the holidays from Teleco Plains, in east Tennessee, where he is a rescue squad volunteer, according to Bucy.

“Tommy didn't stop CPR, even after the emergency team arrived. I never saw a man work so hard to try to save somebody,” Donald Bucy recalled, clearly... reliving the painful emotions of the first moments following his arrival... on the scene of the four-wheeler crash.

“Corrina was such a sweet little girl, and so polite. She always called me Mr. Bucy. Everybody just loved her,” Bucy declared.

“Corrina loved horseback riding, but her mother wouldn't let her ride alone; she'd call me and ask if I could go horseback riding with her,” Bucy continued. “She was always on the go, wanting to do something like riding horses, or the four-wheeler.”

Neighbors Margaret West and Donald Bucy agreed about the area where the girls wrecked being a popular location for four-wheeling; and both residents expressed concerns about loose gravel in the road, and the absence of a guard rail on the small bridge.

“We have four-wheeler trails up here that go all the way into Kentucky; kids and adults ride out here all the time; but they also ride on the road,” Bucy explained.

“All the kids know they're not supposed to ride double and not supposed to ride on the road, but everybody that lives here thinks of the hollow as ours, and a safe place to ride,” Margaret West disclosed.

“Corrina was just a little thing, and such a sweet girl. She usually wore a [helmet]; she just wasn't wearing it that day. I don't know if it would have made a difference or not,” West sighed. “My daughter-in-law says she's going to sell my grandson's four-wheeler,” she added. 

No criminal charges will be filed related to the wreck, according to the THP, but Friday's Tennessean reported THP Trooper Terry Seay indicated the driver of the ATV will eventually be charged with driving an off-road vehicle on the road.

Kiona Scott is recovering from the serious injuries she suffered in the accident, according to friends who have been in contact with the young woman's family members.

Funeral services for Corrina Windsor were held Saturday, December 30, at the Alexander Funeral Home.