LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. — Three separate wrecks occurred in East Tennessee in the past 24 hours, leaving at least four people dead, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol.
I-75 South in Loudon County was closed as THP investigated a fatal single-car wreck, which occurred just after 9 a.m. on Sunday.
A preliminary report from THP shows a Buick Lesabre traveled off the right side of the road and overcorrected before hitting a mile marker sign, embankment and culvert.
The car went airborne, and all three people inside were ejected. None of them were wearing seatbelts, according to the THP report. The Lesabre rolled several times before stopping in a median.
THP said 55-year-old William Wright was killed in the crash. The driver, 30-year-old Vincenzo Rosello, and 20-year-old Ian Wright were injured in the crash.
Rosello was tested for drugs and alcohol, and the results are unknown at this time. Charges are pending, according to the preliminary report.
According to the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, UT LifeStar landed on the interstate to transport the victims to the hospital.
Another wreck occurred in Morgan County at 6:04 p.m. Saturday. It was a single-car accident that left 45-year-old Ronald Ford of Harriman dead.
Ford was driving east on Leonard Williams Road in Morgan County when he drove off the side of the road. THP said Ford overcorrected, drove off the other side of the road and hit a tree.
Ford was pronounced dead at the scene.
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In Roane County, two are dead after a wreck on I-40 East. According to THP, the wreck happened just before 10:00 p.m. Saturday.
Clinton Campbell, 52, was driving his car on I-40 East behind a motorcycle carrying William Daniels, 47, and his passenger Sylvia Lane, 34, both of Portland, Tenn.
Campbell hit Daniels' motorcycle, ejecting both him and Lane. Campbell kept driving after the crash until his car flipped. Debris from both the car and motorcycle hit a third car that was unoccupied at the time of the crash.
Daniels and Lane were both killed in the accident.
Campbell was injured, according to THP, and was tested for drugs and alcohol. Charges against him are pending, according to THP's accident report.