Monthly Archives: July 2020
Driver Experiences Minor Injuries After Being Pinned in Tractor-Trailer
Knoxville, TN (July 23, 2020) A tractor-trailer driver was pinned in his vehicle recently, but the Knox County Rural Metro Fire Department reports that he received only minor injuries. Responders from Rural Metro Fire and Knox County responded before 1 p.m. to Lovell Road near Interstate 40 in West Knox County. Workers discovered that… Read More »
Woman Escapes Cumberland County Accident Without Injuries
Cumberland County, TN (July 20, 2020) A Cumberland County woman was recently involved in a single vehicle accident early on the afternoon of July 20th. Law enforcement states that the woman’s Ford vehicle was traveling north on Lantana Road when she ran off the right side of the road and collided with a utility… Read More »
Woman Killed in Putnam County Car Accident
Putnam County, TN (July 23, 2020) A woman from Fentress County was killed early in the morning on July 23rd in a vehicle accident in eastern Putnam County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that the woman was driving her Nissan Sentra west on State Highway 62 when the vehicle left the road and struck… Read More »
Knox County Road Shut Down Following Crash
Knoxville, TN (July 24, 2020) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office has requested that drivers take an alternate route following an accident on Westland Drive on July 24th. The accident took place around 11 a.m. in the 10055 block of Westland Drive. No injuries are reported due to the crash, which resulted in at least… Read More »
Oldham Avenue Blocked Due to Overturned Vehicle
Knox County, TN (July 23, 2020) West Oldham Avenue exit on Interstate 275 was blocked due to an overturned vehicle. The incident was reported at 9:50 am, but the Tennessee Department of Transportation estimated that the accident would be cleared by 11 am. Additional details about how the accident occurred are pending. Safecar.gov reports… Read More »
Vehicle Collides with Roane County Jail Building Causing Injuries
Roane County, TN (July 22, 2020) A driver was recently transported to a trauma center after his vehicle slammed into the side of an old jail building in downtown Kingston on the night of July 22nd. Law enforcement reported that the accident occurred because the driver experienced a medical episode and collided with three… Read More »
Reckless Motorist Causes Accident
Johnson City, TN (July 20, 2020) Tennessee law enforcement arrested and charged a motorist on July 20th for driving dangerously, causing a crash, and attempting to physically fight a truck driver. Based on a news release provided by the Johnson City Police Department, a dangerous driver was spotted driving a Ford SUV westbound on… Read More »
Truck Rolls Over on I-40 in Cumberland County
Cumberland County, TN (July 21, 2020) The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that a freight truck driver was not injured after his vehicle overturned on I-40 in Cumberland County. The accident occurred on July 21 between 3 and 4 a.m. on the eastbound ramp of the Plateau Road exit at mile marker 331. The trailer… Read More »
Boy Killed in Mooresburg ATV Crash
Hawkins County, TN (July 19, 2020) The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that a 12-year-old boy in Mooresburg was killed on July 19th in an ATV accident. Based on a report provided by law enforcement, the ATV driver was traveling east on Byrd Creek Road in Hawkins County when the ATV went through a ditch,… Read More »
Deadly Head-On Collision Occurs on Highway 49
Cooperstown, TN (July 21, 2020) A serious head-on collision occurred at 8 a.m. on July 21st on Highway 49 between Sandy Springs Road and Apache Trail near Coopertown. Law enforcement reports that one motorist was killed in the accident, which involved a head-on collision between a tractor trailer transporting aluminum cans and a passenger… Read More »
