BRADLEY COUNTY, TENNESSEE
MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2015
Two motorists are dead following an Easter morning accident
near Charleston around 3:30 am Sunday morning.
According to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway
Patrol, an SUV was traveling north on Interstate 75 at about 100 mph in the
right-hand lane, when the driver swerved to avoid a slower-moving vehicle.
According to Lt. John Harmon of the THP, the SUV grazed the
second vehicle and then veered off the road, striking a large tree or multiple
trees before exploding, bursting into flames and leaving behind fiery wreckage.
Neither the driver nor passenger in the SUV were wearing
their seat belts, according to the THP report. The six people in the other vehicle were not
injured.
According to Bradley County Fire Chief Troy Maney, who was
on the scene, Bradley County Fire-Rescue received the call around 3:40 a.m.
Sunday, and personnel were on the scene in minutes.
Maney said after firefighters extinguished the blaze, the
passenger was found under the vehicle.
He said Bradley County EMS responders pronounced both passenger
and driver dead at the scene.
The THP Critical Incident Response Team investigation is
ongoing.
Identities of the victims have not yet been released,
pending notification of next of kin, and completion of the preliminary
investigation.
Source: http://www.newschannel9.com
RIP, folks. Obviously you were unhappy living in this world.