Photo Submitted by Chief Willie Gordon, Kingston Fire Department One person is dead and one injured after a fiery tractor trailer crash on Interstate 40 at the Buttermilk Road overpass around mile marker 358.8 eastbound earlier today. Fire Crews came to battle the blaze with Kingston Fire, first on the …
Read More »UPDATE: Head-on Crash in Morgan County Claims One Victim
UPDATE – Friday, September 16, 2022: Sad news to report that 57-year-old, Aimee Dixon, of Oak Ridge passed away shortly before midnight last night (Thursday, September 15) due to her injuries sustained in this accident. Ms. Dixon was a 2nd grade teacher at Linden Elementary School in Oak Ridge. Please …
Read More »Additional Information Has Been Released in Fatality Wreck that Left 3 dead and 1 injured on Friday
On Friday, crews with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash involving two cars at the intersection of Edgemoor Road and Old Emory Road in the Claxton Community. A juvenile from Knoxville was traveling west on Edgemoor Road at approximately 9:30 p.m. Peter Webel, 75, of Mansfield, Ohio, …
Read More »Clinton Police Department: Two injured in early-morning crash Thursday
A single-vehicle accident early this morning (Thursday, June 16th) injured two people, according to Clinton Police Chief Vaughn Becker. Chief Becker told WYSH that the crash was reported at around 4:30 am in the 1300 block of Clinch Avenue, near the city limits. Preliminary indications are that the driver lost …
Read More »Tractor Trailer Overturns Spilling Frozen Chicken All Over I-40 at Harriman Exit
Pictures by Dudley Evans An overturned truck has spilled its load all over I-40, the driver, not seriously injured, was heading westbound when he lost control, went over the embankment overcorrected and flipped onto its side spilling its cargo of frozen chicken. Eastbound traffic will be affected for an estimated …
Read More »Two Killed in Fiery Roane County Wreck
Two people a man and a woman were killed in a fiery, single-vehicle crash 4 miles west of Oliver Springs in Roane County on Tuesday evening. Preliminary information indicates that the crash happened on the stretch of Highway 61 known as Harriman Highway near Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church shortly before …
Read More »Victim Named in South Roane County Fatality Wreck
The Tennessee Highway Patrol released the name of the man who died in a wreck around 1pm on Tuesday (October 19, 2021) on Decatur Highway, (Hwy 58) south of Kingston. William Lemmond, 71, of Knoxville was killed when his 2016 Ford Focus was struck by a 2018 Tractor Trailer driven …
Read More »ORPD investigating deadly crash on Oak Ridge Turnpike; all lanes blocked near Wisconsin Avenue
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Steven D. Hinson of Georgia. The crash remains under investigation and no other details will be released at this time. Anyone with information that may help investigators is asked to call ORPD at (865) 425-4399. Crime tips can also be submitted online at …
Read More »Two-Vehicle Crash in Coalfield sends Two to the Hospital; Dump Truck does not Stop
Photo Courtesy of WECO Radio, Wartburg A two-vehicle crash on Hwy 62 near Coalfield Wednesday morning resulted in one injury and the highway shut down for a short period of time. The Tennessee Highway stated that a car and a tractor trailer were involved, after a car driven by Regina …
Read More »2-Vehicle Crash in Rockwood on Saturday
Photo by Dudley Evans On Saturday around 4pm, Rockwood Police, Fire, and EMS were all sent to a 2-vehicle accident in which one car flipped over on its top after impact. The Rockwood Police report indicates there were no serious injuries in the mishap as a Red Kia driven by …
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