THP: Truck driver killed, 2 others hurt in I-75 crash
One person is dead after a crash involving a tractor trailer truck in Loudon County just before 3 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Brian Barger and Staff , WBIR 5:21 PM. EST July 19, 2016 (Photo: WBIR)
Update Tuesday 3:45 p.m.
A Florida truck driver was killed in a Loudon County crash that shut down the interstate for several hours early Tuesday morning.
According to a fatal accident report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Billy Cecil Bailey, 58, was traveling North on Interstate 75 when his semi truck left the road and went into the median near Mile Marker 72. The incident happened around 3:30 a.m.
Investigators determined when the truck went back onto the road it overcorrected, causing the truck and trailer to overturn and slide.
When the truck finally stopped, the cab of the vehicle was blocking one of the interstate lanes.
According to THP, Bailey was trying to climb out of the cab when another vehicle hit him and the truck.
The driver and passenger in the second vehicle were injured.
The report noted there were no citations issued and no criminal charges.
I-75 fully reopened Tuesday afternoon.
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A tractor trailer along with another vehicle were involved in a fatal crash on Interstate 75 North in Loudon County near mile marker 70 just before 4 a.m. Tuesday.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has not released any information on crash victims as of 11 a.m. Tuesday .
Tennessee Department of Transportation spokesperson Mark Nagi tweeted the left lane of I-75 North reopened around 7:13 a.m. Tuesday.
Only the left lane of I-75 North is open from the Philadelphia exit until the accident, which is about a 1.5 mile stretch.
Nagi said the crash did not affect I-75 South.
According to the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, the tractor trailer truck blocked both northbound lanes of the interstate for a few hours Tuesday morning. Traffic was being diverted off of the interstate at the Philadelphia exit and onto Highway 11.
Traffic was being allowed back onto the interstate at the Loudon exit at Highway 72.
All lanes of I-75 North are expected to reopen around noon Tuesday.
The investigation is ongoing.We will continue to keep you updated on this developing situation