SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol a 56-year-old Sevierville man died in an incident on Newport Highway Friday.
According to THP, troopers were initially called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 411 near Walnut Grove Road.
According to a THP incident report, the man's vehicle was traveling east on Newport Highway. The vehicle ran off the right side of the road, crashed through a fence and into a tree.
No one else was injured in the crash.
THP said investigators now believe a medical condition was behind the incident. Troopers are working with the county medical examiner to determine the cause.
