Deadly single-vehicle crash temporarily shut down Interstate 840 West in Rutherford County
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A deadly single-vehicle crash temporarily shut down Interstate 840 Wednesday afternoon.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation had an incident marker on the SmartWay map for a single-vehicle crash at mile marker 64.8 on Interstate 840 reported at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.
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Erin Zeigler, a regional communications officer for TDOT, posted to social media that all westbound lanes of Interstate 840 were closed near mile marker 65 — Exit 65 — due to a single-vehicle crash. TDOT also told News 2 that a helicopter was en route to the scene.
Minutes later, Zeigler added that westbound drivers were moving along the right shoulder. All lanes were reopened by 5:23 p.m.
News 2 has reached out to the Tennessee Highway Patrol for a preliminary crash report, but a spokesperson confirmed that the crash was deadly.
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