THP asks for help locating commercial driver involved in serious I-81 hit-and-run

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is asking the public for help in locating a commercial vehicle driver who is allegedly responsible for a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 81 in Greene County. The crash reportedly left a woman with serious injuries.

According to a news release from the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, the crash took place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, around 7 a.m. on I-81 South near mile marker 47.

“Preliminary information indicates a passenger vehicle was parked on the right emergency shoulder,” the release states. “The driver of that vehicle was changing a rear tire when a passing tractor-trailer struck the vehicle. The victim was hit by her own vehicle and thrown from the scene, sustaining serious injuries.”

According to the release, a witness driving behind the tractor-trailer reported seeing the crash and told investigators the truck driver initially pulled over as the witness stopped to render aid to the victim. The release said that “after a few minutes,” the witness said they saw the truck driver flee the scene and continue southbound on I-81.

“The only description available for the suspect vehicle is a [commercial vehicle] hauling a white box trailer,” the release states. “The tractor-trailer may have sustained damage to its right side, potentially near the rear axles of the tractor or the front of the box trailer.”

Anyone with information regarding the crash and the commercial vehicle driver involved is urged to contact the THP’s Emergency Dispatch Communications Center at (865) 895-6950 and request to speak with Sgt. Jonathan Scott.

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