A driver died after a crash on State Route 95 near the entrance to the TRU Waste Processing Center north of Interstate 40 on Monday afternoon, April 10, 2017. One vehicle, the dark-colored Saturn Astra at right, went off the road. A second vehicle, the red Mercury Sable in the middle of the road, was reported to have crossed the center line and hit a truck trailer, pictured down the hill at left. The TRU Center is up the hill to the right. This picture is taken facing north. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was updated at 8 p.m.
The driver of a four-door sedan that crossed over the center line on State Route 95 and hit a semi truck trailer died from his injuries at a hospital, authorities said Monday.
The crash was reported at about 1:57 p.m. Monday in a hilly, curvy section of road near the entrance to the TRU Waste Processing Center north of Interstate 40. The area is south of the western entrance to Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The driver of the red Mercury Sable sedan, which was southbound, was taken by ambulance to Fort Loudoun Medical Center in Lenoir City, where he later died from his injuries, the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release. The Sable had a disabled driver or passenger license plate, although it wasn’t clear if the driver had a medical issue before the crash.
A third vehicle involved in the crash, a dark-colored Saturn Astra car, went off the roadway from the northbound lane, but did not hit the Mercury Sable sedan or the semi truck, the press release said. No other injuries were reported.
State Route 95 was closed for a little more than two hours while the Oak Ridge Police Department and additional agencies, including the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Oak Ridge Fire Department, responded to the crash scene.
The crash remains under investigation, the press release said. No names will be released at this time.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
The truck trailer hit by the four-door sedan in a fatal crash on State Route 95 on Monday, April 10, 2017, appeared to have a left rear tire that was damaged or missing, although it wasn’t immediately clear if that was because of the crash. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Oak Ridge Police Department and Oak Ridge Fire Department investigate and clean up after a fatal crash on State Route 95 on Monday afternoon, April 10, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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