COFFEE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Florida man was taken into custody following a crash that killed two people and injured two others along Interstate 24 in Coffee County earlier this week.
According to 14th Judicial District Attorney General Craig Northcott, a van driven by an unidentified male with three male passengers was heading east on I-24 when traffic slowed for a construction zone at mile marker 105 on Tuesday, Aug. 26. The van was reportedly traveling at high speed, rear-ended a commercial truck, and caught fire.
Northcott told News 2 the van’s driver and one passenger were flown to local hospitals with serious injuries, but the other two passengers died as a result of the collision.
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The driver of the commercial truck — identified as 56-year-old James Lamar Meronvil of Florida — allegedly fled after the incident. However, the DA said Meronvil was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 27 for leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death or injury…