CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. — Tragedy struck Monday evening, August 3, when a Hollow Rock man lost his life in a fatal accident on Vale McKenzie Rd.
According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) preliminary report, Matthew Wayne Norden, 35, was traveling west on Vale McKenzie Road when his 2024 Nissan Frontier went off the left side of the road, struck a ditch, and then struck a tree.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Carroll County Rescue Squad, Carroll County Fire Department, Baptist EMS, THP, and others responded.
According to his obituary, Norden was born April 21, 1991, in McKenzie to Richard Norden and Tammy Brown Jones. He is survived by his parents; a son, John Wayne Norden; a daughter, Zowey Renee Norden; and a brother, Richard Adam Norden.
A celebration of life will be held Saturday, August 8, at 2 p.m. at Galilee General Baptist Church, 250 Rogers Ln., Bruceton. Bro. Paul Hollingsworth will officiate. The family will receive friends from noon until service time.