Tag Archives: THP

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

A single vehicle wreck Thursday evening occurred just before 10:00pm on Highway 61, Harriman Highway, in the 2700 block. A white pickup truck run off the roadway partially trapping the female driver inside. The Roane County Rescue Squad members were paged out but canceled after the female was able to …

We now have the report from the highway patrol from Tuesday’s single vehicle accident on Post Oak Valley Road which took out a power pole and resulted in several hundred residents being without power. The outage affected Joiner Hollow and Webster subdivisions. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report, just …

During Friday’s high wind event, a La Follette man was killed when a tree fell over and hit him as he rode his motorcycle. The accident happened around 7pm on Friday in the 1400 block of Demory Road. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says that 56-year-old Tony Wallace died after the …

NASHVILLE— On February 28, at approximately 2:40 p.m., the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Capitol Protection Unit (CPU) was made aware of a man standing along the outer edge of the James Robertson Parkway Bridge, threatening to jump off the bridge to the street below. Sergeants Denney Mitchell and Adam Simpkins …

One person died Monday after being hit by a car on Tennessee Highway 62 shortly after 12pm, officials said. Officials said the victim, identified as Wade Nance, 81, was surveying in the area, and was hit by a car and then succumbed to his injuries. Nance had finished measuring the …