According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report we received on Monday evening a motorcyclist from Roane County’s south end was injured last Friday evening when his motorcycle he was operating collided with a car on Ponders Gap Road resulting in him being seriously injured and transported to the hospital. The …
Read More »UPDATE: Rockwood Police chase ends on Hwy 70 with two patrol cruisers slightly damaged and one in custody
Two Rockwood City police units were involved in a Pursuit on Tuesday which started on black Hollow Road and wound up on Highway 70 east of Rockwood near Delozier Lane which resulted in the two cars being slightly damaged after they had to do a pit maneuver to stop the …
Read More »Rockwood Police Chase Ends on Hwy 70 East with two patrol cruisers slightly damaged and one in custody
Photo by Dudley Evans Two Rockwood City police units were involved in a Pursuit earlier today which started on Black Hollow Road and wound up on Highway 70 east of Rockwood near Delozier Lane. Both cars were slightly damaged after they had to do a pit maneuver on a vehicle …
Read More »Tractor-trailer overturns on I-40 eastbound ramp at Harriman shutting down ramp for hours
Photo courtesy of TDOT – Mark Nagi The eastbound on-ramp to I-40 at the Harriman exit (Exit 347) remained closed much of the afternoon due to an overturned tractor trailer. The accident happened around 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The driver was trapped in the cab of the wreckage but after …
Read More »Tractor-trailer hit by train Saturday
Saturday morning (April 15th), a westbound Norfolk Southern freight train heading toward Harriman struck a tractor trailer which was parked on the tracks Saturday morning just after 7:00 am. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, the driver who apparently parked on the tracks was in the sleeper when the …
Read More »One Dead, 3 people shot at Midtown Body Shop
We are still awaiting a formal press release from Roane County authorities on Thursday afternoons fatal shooting at a Roane County Business in the Midtown area near Harriman. Roane County Sheriff Jack Stockton confirmed that one female died at the Midtown Body Shop on Roane State Highway (Highway 70) in …
Read More »Officials Gather at Dyllis Springs Elementary School in Oliver Springs to address spike in traffic fatalities
Today the Tennessee Highway Safety Office with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Roane County Sheriff’s Office Officials, and other public safety partners for an event in Oliver Springs to address the recent increase in traffic fatalities. According to Tennessee’s Integrated Traffic Analysis Network (TITAN), there were 20 total traffic fatalities in …
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, …
Read More »Truck Loses Trailer on I-40 West Friday Night
Late Friday night just before midnight a tractor trailer westbound on Interstate 40 near the top of Rockwood Mountain, around the 341-mile marker, suddenly lost its trailer loaded with yogurt. According to Tennessee highway patrolman Alexander Evans, whom we spoke with, the tractor trailer was the only vehicle involved and …
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