Category: Tennessee Truck Accidents

FAIRVIEW, TN – A 60-year-old man lost his life after his Freightliner tractor-trailer overturned on I-40 East Thursday, WKRN reported.  This collision happened around noon. Tennessee Highway Patrol said the driver, later identified as Paul Stevens from Georgia, was driving on the interstate when, for reasons unclear, the truck drifted off the road near a […]

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NASHVILLE, TN – A semi-trailer driver was hospitalized for minor wounds after they crashed their truck into Mill Creek along I-24 West Sunday, WSMV reported.  This collision happened after 1:30 p.m. Good samaritans were able to help the driver get out of the water prior to emergency crews arriving.  Once first responders were on site, […]

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NASHVILLE, TN – A driver of a red pickup truck fled the scene after colliding with a semi-truck on I-40, which resulted in the semi overturning and injuring the semi-driver Friday.  This collision happened around 5 a.m. near mile marker 193 past the Pegram community, according to WKRN. The impact of this collision showed that […]

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CARTER COUNTY, TN – A driver of a trash truck had supposedly overcorrected and then drifted off Piney Grove Road, leading him to ram into a church and sustain injuries.  This collision happened in the northbound lanes on Monday, WIJHL said. The church that was damaged was the Simerly Creek Believer’s Fellowship Church, formerly known […]

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KNOXVILLE, TN – A man passed away when he hit a cable barrier with his semitrailer along I-40 East, leading it to overturn Tuesday, WWVLTV reported.  Tennessee Highway Patrol said this collision happened around 8:15 a.m. when he left the road for reasons unclear, as they indicated in a preliminary report. Following this collision, troopers […]

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FRANKLIN, TN – A driver was spared from harm when their garbage truck overturned on I-65 South, spilling several loads of asphalt into the road Wednesday.  WSMV said this collision occurred before 4 p.m. Franklin Police, fire crews, and clean-up crews all were summoned to the scene and shut down three lanes to accommodate the […]

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