Photo provided by Chief Willie Gordon, Kingston Fire Department An early morning accident on Interstate 40 near Kingston occurred just after 7:00 this morning shutting down westbound traffic near the 353-mile marker. A box type cabover truck slammed into the rear of a tractor trailer pinning the driver inside with …
Read More »UPDATE: The Driver of Overturned Truck Named, no charges pending
The Tennessee Highway Patrol report has now been sent to us regarding Wednesday’s tractor trailer rollover that blocked the eastbound ramp at Harriman. A Roane Transportation tractor trailer driven by 28-year-old Benjamin Chadwick loaded with plywood flipped onto its top and side as it was getting on the interstate at …
Read More »Big Rig Rollover this morning on Interstate 40 eastbound 345 mile marker
I-40 eastbound at the 345 mile marker was the location of a tractor trailer accident which occurred around 8am today. The truck pulling flat bed trailer rolled over on its top on the left side of the interstate. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol report filed, the driver, Gabriel Calderon, …
Read More »Tractor trailer crash on Rockwood mountain midnight last night
A tractor trailer crashed last night just before midnight at the infamous 341 eastbound mile marker on I-40. The driver was transported to the area hospital to be checked out for an arm fracture, but escaped serious injuries. His truck slid into a rock wall and concrete wall underneath the …
Read More »I-40 Shutdown for Truck Wreck on Rockwood Mountain
Photo Courtesy of Mark Clem UPDATE (11:05 am): The truck fire is out, there were no injuries. One-lane of traffic back open. Interstate 40, 2 miles past Harriman, is currently shut down due to a tractor trailer fire. No other vehicles were involved but the truck and it’s trailer, loaded with glass, is a total …
Read More »Overturned Tractor Trailer Slows Traffic on I-40 East for hours
An Overturned tractor trailer eastbound at The Midtown Exit 350, occured yesterday around 2:30 pm, blocking a lane of traffic on the interstate. The wreck involving only one vehichle resulted in no injuries to the driver. The vehichle came to rest in the medium just at the exit estbound. There …
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