Fort Campbell soldier Deashawn Thomas, 21, killed in wrong-way collision with semi truck I-24 after allegedly killing his wife in Clarksville, Tennessee
One Dead in Clarksville Wrong-Way Crash
THP says the passenger car was traveling the wrong way on I-24 when it struck a commercial vehicle head-on. The driver of the passenger car died on the scene.
Police: Soldier killed wife in apartment, caused fatal crash
Clarksville police spokeswoman Natalie Hall tells local media that officers found 18-year-old Katelyn Thomas inside an apartment near the state border on Wednesday morning while performing a welfare check.
Investigators say the woman had been assaulted by her husband, Deashawn Thomas, who died in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 24 earlier that morning. Police have not described Katelyn Thomas' injuries or revealed how she died.
UPDATE: Soldier did U-turn on Interstate before hitting semi
According to a preliminary THP report released Thursday night, Thomas was traveling traveling east at a high rate of speed and passed the eastbound tractor trailer.
Thomas then made a U-turn in the roadway and drove head-on into the semi, the report states.
The truck driver, Timothy Dargas, 48, tried to swerve and miss Thomas's Chevrolet but could not avoid the collision, the report states. Thomas's vehicle came to a final rest in the median and caught fire.
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