A multi-vehicle accident closed Harriman Highway (Hwy. 61) between Rockbridge Road and Mayton Lane. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, Mary King, 75, was traveling East on SR 61 in a 2013 Lincoln MKX when she crossed the center line and struck a 2017 Dodge Charger head-on. King’s vehicle …
Read More »Multi-Vehicle Accident Closes Harriman Hwy (Hwy 61) at Rockbridge Road
Update (5:00pm): The highway has just been opened back up to through traffic. UPDATE (1:27 pm): EMA Director, Tim Suter confirmed that there have been two fatalities in this accident at 3015 Harriman Highway. There are detours in place from Blair Road and Rockbridge Road and Big Emory which will …
Read More »Man Identified in Saturday’s Fatality Accident Just Outside Harriman
We now know the name of the person killed last Saturday’s single vehicle accident on Emory Heights Road. According to The Tennessee Highway Patrol report released today, 47-year-old Larry Ward was operating a 2003 Nissan Maxima when it ran off the road and struck a utility pole. The accident closed …
Read More »Another Fatal Vehicle Crash in Roane this past weekend
A single vehicle accident Saturday evening on Emory Heights Road just outside the city limits of Harriman resulted in the death of one person when the vehicle ran off the road and struck a utility pole. The accident closed Emory Heights Road for the period of investigation and clean up …
Read More »Fatal single car crash in Kingston Wednesday on East Race St.
Just before 8:00 p.m. Wednesday a single vehicle accident resulted in the death of one person. The driver was in a dodge pickup and wrecked on East Race Street in Kingston near Scenic Drive. According to Kingston Police detective Tony Guy, whom we spoke with today, the driver is identified …
Read More »The Oak Ridge Police Department is investigating a crash that left two people dead Saturday evening
UPDATE: Authorities have released the names of the victims. The driver was Teagan Robinson, 27, of Clinton. The passenger was identified as Christopher (Chris) Holt, 27, of Clinton. On Saturday, May 6, 2023, at approximately 7:15 p.m., a vehicle traveling eastbound on Oak Ridge Turnpike (State Route 95) left the …
Read More »Roane County Schools: Student at RCHS killed in Tuesday accident
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released the preliminary investigation on last night’s Roane County in Kingston’s fatal crash involving several teenagers with one being killed. The report states around 9:20 last night on Swan Pond Circle at Lakeshore Drive near The Steam Plant, a 2006 Volkswagen Jetta driven by a …
Read More »Wind Blows Roof off Dugout in Rockwood Killing One
According to reports, one person is dead and one injured after strong winds blew the roof off a dugout during opening ceremonies at Rockwood Sports Complex Saturday. One person was transported to Tennova West with non-life threatening injuries while one was sent to Roane Medical Center to be stabilized. That …
Read More »Campbell County ATV crash kills one
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says that a weekend ATV accident in Campbell County killed a Caryville woman. The THP says that the accident happened at around 6 pm on Saturday (March 18th) on Tackett Loop. 52-year-old Allison Ruley was headed north on Tackett Loop on an ATV when it went …
Read More »Update: A One Vehicle Accident Claims Life of Driver on I-40
The Tennessee Highway Patrol says that around 1:25pm on Tuesday, 45-year-old Brent Johnson was driving a 2000 Toyota Tundra, west on I-40 in Roane County in the lefthand lane when it ran off the left side of the road. The vehicle then swerved back onto the roadway, crossing both lanes, …
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