A wrong-way driver faces nine charges, including driving under the influence, after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 40 West involving a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper left seven people injured, including two children.
According to a preliminary THP report, 38-year-old Timoteo Trujillo-Diaz was driving a Honda CR-V the wrong way on I-40 West Saturday night. Around 10:30 p.m., he crashed the car head-on into a Buik Encore near the Stewarts Ferry Pike exit. Both vehicles were left blocking the roadway.
At the same time, a THP trooper was traveling west bound on I-40 in pursuit of another vehicle. The trooper swerved in an attempt to avoid the crash but struck the Honda and came to a stop in the grass…