CHATTANOOGA, Tenn - Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 9:10 am - Chattanooga police
and firefighters responded to a 911 call that a passenger car was underneath
the trailer of an 18-wheeler. The accident happened just before the
Chickamauga Creek overpass in the southbound lanes of I-75, 1/4 mile from
the I-24 split.According to
witnesses, the passenger car, traveling southbound, was speeding in and out
of traffic across multiple lanes when it's driver apparently misjudged the
distance between the car and a tractor trailer. The car ran under the rig's
trailer and was crushed by the wheels, killing the car's passenger.
The driver of the car was taken to
Erlanger Hospital's emergency room via Hamilton County EMS with serious
injuries. The driver of the 18-wheeler was shaken but not injured.
Investigators with the Chattanooga Police Department Traffic Division
confirmed the fatality.
