Knoxville police respond to deadly Alcoa Highway crash
“Please use caution in the area and seek alternate routes as officers work to clear the scene,” KPD officials said.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a deadly crash on Alcoa Highway Wednesday morning, the department has announced. The crash happened near Cherokee Trail and involved three vehicles: a sedan, an SUV and a FedEx truck.
Officers responded to the scene around 7:30 a.m., Communications Manager Scott Erland said. So far, investigators think the sedan was driving south along the highway when the truck tried to merge lanes, hitting the sedan. The sedan then spun across the median, to be hit by the SUV, Erland said.
The driver of the sedan, later identified as Kimberly Mendes, 38 of Maryville, was pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, while the SUV driver was taken to UTMC for severe, non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash is under investigation.
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