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 »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 …
Read More »Tractor-trailer crash slows traffic for hours Saturday
Interstate 40 eastbound at the Midtown/Harriman exit was down to one lane for about 4 hours late Saturday night following a tractor trailer accident where one of the double trailers went down the embankment and landed close to Pine Ridge Road below. Emergency responder’s and the Tennessee Highway Patrol were at the scene for nearly 5 hours working to get the wreckage cleaned up. We will …
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