Even more insulting, said Greg Harrison, AMA communications vice president, is the mud-slinging now aimed at the late Barnard, who was killed on U.S. 321 in October, 1996. Tennessee officials have even gone so far as to circulate an anonymous note, allegedly written by someone involved in the accident investigation, that blames Barnard for his own death. Koella got out of his van, looked around, and then drove away, witnesses told police investigators. Koella died in January 1998 following heart surgery.
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