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The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) reported on Wednesday that the crash occurred on Asheville Highway when a Mercury Grand Marquis slowed to turn onto Cove Creek Road and was rear-ended by a Ford
Ultimately resulting in 14 deaths, the collision is the deadliest and one of the worst in the history of Tennessee. [4] [5] The collision led to outcry from politicians and citizens calling for traffic safety and infrastructure improvements, such as highway widenings, and the completion of Interstate 81 in Tennessee. [6]
Traffic deaths continue to be one of the highest causes of death for many age groups. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, nearly 40,000 people are killed annually in traffic ...
Over the next several minutes, a series of chain-reaction crashes occurred which ultimately consumed 99 vehicles and resulted in 12 deaths and 42 injuries. [11] Some of the crashes set off multiple explosions and fires. [12] The crash site extended 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) north and south of where the crash began.
The crash was reported at mile marker 23, near the Tennessee Highway 49 exit and roughly 25 miles northwest of Nashville. At the scene, Robertson County EMS said it saw a car lying “upside down ...
SR 1 begins as a primary route on Interstate 55 (I-55) in the middle of the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge at the Arkansas–Tennessee state line. US 61, US 64, US 70, US 78, and US 79 come off the bridge alongside SR 1; US 61 soon turns south with SR 14 and US 78 continues along E.H. Crump Blvd with SR 4 heading eastward.
A 1-year-old infant was among those found dead at the scene in middle Tennessee, authorities said. Two adults were injured, one of them critically. Freeway crash kills 6 girls thrown from car in ...
Fourteen people were killed in a head-on collision between a double-decker Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer on U.S. Route 11W near Bean Station, Tennessee. One of the deadliest crashes in Tennessee history, it led to the completion of Interstate 81 and the widening of many highways in the state from two lanes to four. [47]