2 Killed In I-24 Wreck In Marion County; Traffic Stalled For Several Hours

  • Friday, June 2, 2017

Two people were killed in a wreck on I-24 westbound in Marion County on Friday morning.

The accident was expected to keep the westbound lanes closed until around 12:30 p.m.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the driver of a tractor-trailer who was headed east went across the center line and struck an SUV head-on.

Both drivers were killed.

The wreck is at mile marker 166, which is four miles past the I-24/59 split.

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