SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — The Sevierville Police Department said a man died and two others were hurt after their vehicle crashed on Interstate 40 at the parkway exit.
SPD said officers responded to a crash on westbound I-40 at exit 407 around 1:15 a.m. Thursday, and found three people trapped inside a Nissan Altima that had hit one of the concrete pillars of the Winfield Dunn Parkway overpass.
Police said the driver, 50-year-old Jason Ashely of South Pittsburg, Tennessee, died apparently due to the crash. Two other adults were taken to UT Medical Center by ambulance. SPD said one victim had serious injuries, and the other had minor injuries.
Police crash reconstructionists are investigating, which SPD said is standard practice in all fatal crashes.
