KNOXVILLE, TN — One person lost their life Monday evening after a box truck rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Interstate 75 in Knoxville, reports WBIR.
Knoxville Police said the accident on the northbound lanes near Callahan Drive, at about 7:00 p.m.
Preliminary details show the victim was operating a box truck and traveling northbound when the vehicle slid on a patch of snow and lost control. Moments later, it rear-ended a tractor-trailer.
The driver of the box truck, who was left pinned in the wreck, was pronounced deceased by first responders, confirmed officials.
No one else has been reported injured following the event.
An investigation remains in progress.
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