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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 …

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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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