CROSS PLAINS, Tenn. (WTVF) — One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash on I-65 near mile marker 115 between Cross Plains and Orlinda on Tuesday.
Tennessee Highway Patrol reports that five vehicles were involved in the accident at around 2 p.m., many of them being tractor-trailers. All five vehicles were traveling north on I-65 in the right lane when the crash occurred.
Bryant A. Freedle, 28, died in the crash after a tractor-trailer hit and went over his Chevrolet Silverado.
Freedle was stopped behind George Colley, 48, of Georgia, and Elvin J. Portillo Hernandez, 27, of California, who were both driving tractor-trailers at the time of the incident.
Freedle was rear-ended by David Arnold, 71, of Texas when Arnold's tractor-trailer was struck by Davia Luckett, 55, of Tennessee.
Luckett was injured in the accident, however, no information on the extent of those injuries is available at this time. It is unknown if Luckett and Arnold were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
Charges against Luckett and Arnold are pending following THP's investigation.
No further information is available at this time.
