White Pine Man Arrested For Hit And Run

A White Pine man has been arrested after a hit and run accident injured a woman in Morristown. Police say that Joseph Spurling was backing out of a parking spot at a Food City in Morristown on Friday when he struck a woman who was pushing a shopping cart. The woman was knocked to the parking lot pavement and Spurling then drove off, leaving the woman on the ground. The victim was taken to the Morristown Hamblen hospital to be treated for her injuries. Spurling was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident.