ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — An Alabama truck driver is facing several charges, including DUI and vehicular assault, after Tennessee state troopers said he parked his semi-truck along a two-lane stretch of Interstate 40 in Roane County and allegedly caused a crash.
Knoxvelle, Tenn. television station KIBR reported that the crash report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol stated that Effion Gunn Jr., 48, from Alabama had improperly parked on the shoulder of I-40 West near mile marker 356 on Friday, which is east of Kingston at the exit to Gallaher Road and Oak Ridge.
THP states that a car driving west on I-40 crashed into the semi-truck around 2:00 p.m. because it was improperly parked. The car rolled and came to a stop in the middle of the road…