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Interstate 40 at Canada Road in Lakeland was shutdown for hours after a crash involving multiple vehicles, according to the Shelby County Fire Department.
The crash of at least six vehicles sent five people to the hospital. None of the victims transported suffered life threatening injuries.
One person was cut out of a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Eastbound lanes opened up late Tuesday night and traffic moving again.
According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation's smartmap, the crash happened around 8:40 p.m.
One person was killed and several others injured in a two-car crash early Sunday that sent both vehicles careening down an embankment off Tenn. 385 near Kirby.
One of the cars was trying to merge onto the divided highway when it collided with another car going west about 12:40 a.m.
The collision sent both cars off the road. Driver Shawtisha Bonner, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 26-year-old woman was transported to the Regional Medical Center in critical condition and two men, 25 and 29, were transported in noncritical condition.
Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson is recovering in a Memphis hospital after he was hurt in a wreck in Byhalia, Miss.
The wreck has the entire community worried for Dickerson and tonight we are hearing from friends and co-workers about the accident.
The crash happened today Stonewall Road and Highway 309 in Byhalia, Miss., right in front of AutoZone. According to Deputy Kelly McMillen, the accident is still under investigation but he notes that Dickerson was hit on the drivers side; resulting in serious injuries.
A man is behind bars for crushing an Memphis police officer between a car while allegedly driving drunk.
It all started Saturday night at Poplar Avenue and Willett Street during a routine traffic stop, but in the blink of an eye it changed several lives.
Blue police lights lit up Poplar and Willett Saturday evening; Julie Montgomery was inside her Midtown apartment when the crash happened.
Officer Katrina Cobb, who was making a traffic stop on Poplar when the driver of a black Jeep got out of the car to retrieve her purse from the trunk.
A 29-year-old man was ejected from his vehicle and killed early on Saturday in a one-car accident at Mendenhall and Marcel Cove, Memphis police said.
The wreck was reported at about 2:06 a.m.
According to investigators, the victim’s vehicle was traveling northbound on Mendenhall, south of Marcel Cove when it left the roadway and struck a utility pole.
The vehicle went airborne, overturned, struck the street sign, bending it to the ground and then hit a fire hydrant.
Three Mitchell High School students were involved in a car accident Thursday morning. Shelby County Schools confirms one of those students has died.
The accident happened at 10:52 a.m. near the intersection of Weaver Road and Levi Road in South Memphis.
The driver of the 2000 Chevy Cavalier was taken to The MED in non-critical condition. The front seat passenger, later identified as Laquisha Lipsey, 17, was pronounced dead on the scene. A passenger in the back seat was not injured.
According to police, it appears as though the car slid, then hit a power pole.
Five people were sent to the hospital Thursday afternoon after a downtown crash, which involved a MATA bus.
At least five ambulances responded to the wreck that occurred at Third Street and Union Avenue. According to MATA officials, the bus was traveling east on Union when it was hit by another vehicle running a red light.
The vehicle struck the side of the bus.
Four passengers were sent to the hospital, but their conditions are not known. One woman is critically injured at Regional One Health, formerly known as The MED.