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Date:
Friday, December 13, 2013Area:
Knoxville, TNAn accident along Highway 411 Saturday night leaves one woman dead and three children and another person injured.
According to the Blount County Sheriff's Office, authorities received a call around 6:44 p.m. near Ridgeway Trail on Highway 411.
Deputies say Amanda Campbell, 29, of Maryville was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 411 in a 1996 GMC Jimmy when she stopped in the fast lane due to a flat tire.
Campbell then left the vehicle to try and flag down someone for assistance.
Date:
Thursday, December 12, 2013Area:
Knoxville, TNThe names of victims in a Friday evening crash that killed one and injured two on Interstate 40 at Campbell Station were released Sataurday.
The driver, Claudia Vazquez, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene, and passengers Maria Estrada, 40, and Ofelia Guichapa, 56, were injured, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Their vehicle was heading eastbound on Interstate 40 in the right lane at 5:30 p.m. when it veered off the roadway to the right and struck an embankment, according to the THP report. The vehicle was overturned and all three occupants were ejected.