Tractor Trailer Rear Ends Car On I-40
Rain contributed to a Sunday afternoon accident on Interstate 40 in Cumberland County. A Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by 44-year-old Ramon Luis Rodriguez Velazquez of Dallas, Texas rear-ended a vehicle driven by 50-year-old Scott Ray Manley of Metropolis, Illinois. Manley’s vehicle blocked the left lane of travel, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol preliminary reports. The incident […]
Truck Overturns At Cumberland Co Rest Stop
A North Carolina driver involved in a rollover crash at the Cumberland County rest area Wednesday morning. 24-year-old Alfred Thomas Correa tried to enter the westbound rest area around 9:15am. He tried to take the curve at a high rate of speed causing his truck to overturn. No one injured in the accident, according to […]
2 Burgess Falls Road Accidents Tuesday Afternoon
Two accidents along Cookeville’s Burgess Falls Road Tuesday afternoon slowed traffic. The first accident happened around 4:10pm. A car driven by 49-year-old Marie Stampfl of Crossville swerved to miss a vehicle that came to a sudden stop in front of her. Stampfl left the roadway, traveled across Meadow Wood Road and hit a tree stump. […]
NJ Man Dies In I-40 Crash Near Monterey
A deadly week on Upper Cumberland roads continued Friday morning when a New Jersey man lost his life in a collision with a tractor-trailer along Interstate 40. The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports 31-year-old Viram B. Dangar of Jersey City, NJ died around 3:00am Friday morning. Dangar’s car struck a right guardrail before bouncing across both […]
Two Injured In Highway 111 Wreck
Two Overton County residents injured Thursday afternoon in a two-car wreck along Highway 111. A vehicle driven by 77-year-old Sidney Sullivan of Cookeville was attempting to turn left from Paran Road onto Highway 111 south. 30-year-old Andrew Scott of Rickman was traveling northbound. Scott’s vehicle hit the left side of Sullivan’s vehicle. Sullivan’s vehicle crossed […]
Accident Closes Down Part of 111 in Overton Co.
A multiple-car accident on Highway 111 in Overton County this afternoon has closed one lane of eastbound traffic. The crash near E. Paron Road was reported at 12:59 p.m. The accident is estimated to be cleared around 5 p.m. Lt. Jason McGee of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said two vehicles were involved in the accident […]
Monterey Man Killed In Clarkrange Hwy Wreck
A Monterey man was killed, two children injured in a two-vehicle collision along Clarkrange Highway Tuesday afternoon. 34-year-old Eric Kimball died when the vehicle he was driving crossed the center line as he tried to negotiate a curve. He collided with a Peterbilt truck driven by 50-year-old David Stephens of Allardt. A 5-year-old and 7-year-old […]
Rollover Closes I-40 Westbound Saturday Night
An overturned tractor trailer has a portion of Putnam County’s Interstate 40 closed Saturday night. The westbound lanes of the interstate are completely closed as of 10:30pm following the rollover. The incident happened near mile marker 270 between the Buffalo Valley and Smithville exits. Construction had been taking place in this area earlier Saturday. It […]
Hendersonville Man Injured In I-40 Wreck
A Hendersonville man transported to Cookeville Regional after a one-car accident Tuesday morning along Interstate 40. 51-year-old Troy Stafford lost control of his car as he drove westbound near mile marker 296 in Putnam County. Stafford’s vehicle struck an embankment and began to roll. It came to rest in the median. The incident happened about […]
Arkansas Woman Dies In I-40 Crash
A Tuesday morning wreck that closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 for several hours has left an Arkansas woman dead. 29-year-old Jessica Maie Detter was a passenger in a car driven by 40-year-old Orrin William Burbank of Geneva, MN. The two were traveling eastbound near mile marker 276 around 5:30am Tuesday morning. According to […]
