Josten Wesley “Tali” Pittman

How they died

Pursuit

Around 10 p.m., a deputy spotted a white Toyota Camry that was reported stolen in Rhea County. The deputy attempted a traffic stop, but the driver, Josten Pittman, 20, of Knoxville, fled and drove on at a high rate of speed. The car ran into a dead-end in Twin Oaks Estates, and the deputy again attempted to stop the car, but it drove through a backyard and back onto Sevierville Road. As the driver approached the intersection with Nina Delozier Road, he lost control and hit a pick-up truck driven by a 21-year-old woman. She was taken to UT Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Pittman was killed in the crash, along with a 15-year-old male passenger from Alcoa. Another passenger, a 19-year-old man, was injured.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Josten Wesley “Tali” Pittman, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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