What This Story Is About
- 22-year-old Paul Fisher has been released from the hospital and booked on several charges following a deadly wrong-way crash on I-40 in Knoxville on Nov. 1.
Why It Matters
- Two people – Brian and Brandi Elmore – were killed in the crash. They were later identified to be parents of a Dobyns-Bennett High School band member who were traveling back from Kingsport after a competition.
- Fisher is scheduled to be in court for a bond hearing on Nov. 16.
For Context
- Fisher is a television news reporter in the Knoxville market.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – A Lenoir City man is facing several charges after a deadly wrong-way crash on I-40 in Knoxville on Sunday, Nov. 1.
According to warrants obtained by WVLT News, a trooper was driving on I-40 East near the Hall of Fame Drive exit and noticed a car driving westbound in the fast lane of eastbound traffic at around 1:18 a.m.
As the trooper tried to catch up to the driver, later identified as 22-year-old Paul Fisher, he crashed head-on into an SUV near mile marker 386, causing it to roll over a guardrail and down an embankment before catching fire, the warrants said…