ARLINGTON, TN – A collision involving an 18-wheeler, fire truck engine, and ambulance left the tractor-trailer driver in critical condition last Friday. Action News 5 said this crash happened around 1:30 a.m. on I-40 East near Airline Road. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, who was at the scene of an initial collision before this multi-auto […]
WINCHESTER, TN – A truck driver was treated at the scene for their unspecified wounds after their truck, hauling limes, overturned on Garrett Road Monday. The impact of this collision caused the limes and diesel fuel to spill onto the road, according to WSMV. Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Broadview Fire Department, and the Franklin County […]
MEMPHIS, TN – A driver of an 18-wheeler was left in critical condition after his truck collided with an ambulance and fire truck engine on I-40 Friday. The events unfolded around 1:30 a.m. when the tractor-trailer driver had veered off the westbound lanes and struck the fire truck and ambulance on the eastbound lanes, WREG […]
NASHVILLE, TN – A 44-year-old man driving a BMW S351 had rear-ended a semi-truck, causing the car to get trapped under the truck and claiming the man’s life Tuesday. The semi-truck driver was reducing their speed on I-40 West amid traffic when the car made contact with the back of the truck, WSVM said. Metro […]
JACKSON, TN – First responders transported one driver to a hospital after a crash involving a semi-truck and a white sedan that led the car to hit a guardrail last Thursday. WBBJ said this wreck, which happened around 3 p.m. on the 45 By-pass near Passmore Lane, caused significant damage to the white car, indicating […]
JOHNSON CITY, TN – A driver of a tractor-trailer drifted off an I-26 West bridge and landed on a convertible below, injuring them and the other driver Sunday. This collision happened near marker 22, and both drivers were hospitalized for non-life-threatening wounds, according to WIJHL. The exact cause of this crash remains unclear. Johnson City […]
LEBANON, TN – A 66-year-old man operating a semi-truck lost his life after his truck collided with three other vehicles, which included another semi-truck Tuesday. This crash happened on I-40, and crews responded to the scene (a mile east of South Hartmann Drive) after 11 p.m., according to The Tennessean. The Lebanon Police Department identified […]
NASHVILLE, TN – A 48-year-old man operating a sedan ran a stop sign and tried to turn left, leading him to collide with a FedEx semi-truck, resulting in his death Saturday. WSMV said this crash occurred as the sedan (an Impala model) was going west on Ewing Drive, and the semi-truck driver was going north […]
CAMPBELL CO, TN – When a pickup truck and a tanker truck collided on I-75 North, it led the pickup to overturn and the tanker truck to spill diesel fuel Wednesday. The Tennessee Department of Transportation told WVLTV that the truck spilled around 20 gallons of fuel. Crews had to shut down the area for […]
LAKELAND, TN – Crews and Tennessee Highway Patrol shut down I-40 West near Chambers Chapel Road due to a semi-trailer crash reported after 4 p.m. Friday. Tennessee Department of Transportation and troopers conveyed to Action News 5 that the semi-trailer was hauling several vehicles that the truck had jackknifed, at least according to an obtained […]