THP crash report gives new details in fiery I-40 West crash

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — New details are being released after a fiery crash involving multiple vehicles on I-40 West near Mile Marker 372 on Sept. 17.

Rural Metro Fire crews responded to the early morning crash and found both a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle fully engulfed in flames.

According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol crash report, the incident began when one tractor-trailer rear-ended another that was hauling a Tesla. The impact caused the Tesla to fall off the trailer and come to an uncontrolled stop beneath the axles of the second truck…

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