KNOXVILLE, TN — A rollover crash involving a tractor-trailer closed multiple lanes on Interstate 640 in north Knoxville Tuesday morning, reports WSMV.
Crews responded to the scene near mile marker 6 and North Broadway, in the city’s Whittle Springs area. The Tennessee Department of Transportation first reported about the event just before 7:00 a.m.
Officials did not immediately indicate the cause of the wreck, but crews had to move the overturned truck to the side of I-640 to accommodate the unloading of boxes from the big rig, which carrying about 40,000 Pop-Tarts.
The interstate was reduced to a single open lane during the emergency response.
No major injuries or pending charges were immediately reported.
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