Tractor-trailer driver faces charges after multiple injured in fiery crash on I-24
The extent of the injuries involved is unknown at this time.
MONTEAGLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The driver of a tractor-trailer is facing charges after a fiery crash on I-24 that injured three people on Wednesday morning, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP).
The THP reported the tractor-trailer was traveling west on I-24 and left the roadway, overturning on its driver’s side at about 4:54 a.m.
This caused two large equipment tires being hauled to break loose and travel into the eastbound lanes. The tractor-trailer eventually slid to an uncontrolled rest blocking both lanes of travel, according to THP.
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That’s when a Dodge Ram 3500 and a Nissan Titan struck one of the tires blocking the lane. The Dodge was able to come to a stop, but the Nissan lost control and traveled into an embankment, THP said.
Shortly after, another tractor-trailer stuck the other tire in the roadway, traveled off the roadway and struck a guardrail.
The driver of the Nissan and both tractor-trailers were injured in this crash. Charges of reckless driving are pending against 60-year-old Tomas Carl Storch, of Texas, who was driving the tractor-trailer that initially overturned.
The extent of the injuries involved is unknown at this time.
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