A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN CARTER COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE MAN AND LEFT A NORTH CAROLINA MAN INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL, 22 YEAR OLD JASON PIERCE WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 321 YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR, VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND STRUCK AN SUV BEING DRIVEN BY MOHAMMED HAFEZ OF RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA. PIERCE DIED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. HAFEZ SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATORS SAID SPEED WAS A FACTOR IN THE CRASH.