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One lane of eastbound Interstate 40 in Haywood County, Tenn. is open after a deadly crash, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The accident involving three semi trucks happened around 10 p.m. on Tuesday. One person was killed in the crash on I-40, just west of the Highway 76 – Brownsville exit.
The eastbound lanes of the interstate were shut down until around 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning. THP opened up one lane around 6 a.m.
THP is still diverting traffic to exit 56, but drivers should also expect some delays in this area.
A driver was killed and two passengers hurt early Friday when a sport utility vehicle overturned on Interstate 40 in Crittenden County.
The single-vehicle accident happened about 2:50 a.m. near the 270 mile marker west of West Memphis.
According to an Arkansas State Police report, 57-year-old Jerry L. White of Memphis was driving a 2001 Nissan Xterra east on the highway when the vehicle went out of control and crossed the median.
Police say the SUV then overturned, ejecting White and passenger Carlos Carter, 51, of Memphis.
A woman was killed in a three-vehicle collision on Interstate 40 on Sunday night, according to Raleigh police.
Cassandra Jean Martin, 23, was a passenger in a car that ran into a disabled car in the roadway, police said in a written statement.
The incident began when a tractor-trailer truck driven by William Jerome Clyburn, 60, attempted to get onto eastbound I-40 from Hammond Road, according to police. The truck collided with a car driven by Terry Lane Thompson, 56, leaving the car disabled in the second lane from the median, according to police.
All westbound lanes of Interstate 40 westbound have reopened just east of Atrisco Vista after a crash between two semi-trucks.
Authorities said a semi-truck carrying water was rear-ended by another semi-truck. All the water from the first truck spilled on to the interstate.
The impact caused the cab of the second semi-truck to rollover.
The driver of the first semi was uninjured. The driver of the second semi was able to crawl out of the overturned cab. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Aubrey Baty was driving east in the westbound lane of I-40 near Czech Hall Road shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday when he struck a semi truck driven by Humberto Ortego Jr., 64, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Baty, of Mustang, was pinned for a half hour before Oklahoma City firefighters pulled him from the wreckage, troopers said. He was transported to OU Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash in Cheatham County on Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened around mile marker 191 on I-40, when THP says a driver swerved for an unknown reason and struck a cliff face. The vehicle then went back into the roadway and came to rest in the left lane.
The driver, 18-year-old Gary Russel, was killed in the accident. Police believe he might've survived if he had been wearing his seatbelt.
The westbound lanes were closed for nearly two hours while officials cleared the scene.
All lanes are now reopened.