Three sent to hospital, including two with serious injuries after driver overcorrects and car overturns off of I-40 in Smith County, Tennessee

Modified Date: 
Mon, 10/10/2022 - 9:07am
Accident Date: 
Sunday, October 9, 2022

2 seriously injured in roll-over crash in Smith County

First responders had to extract three people from a car after a rollover accident in Smith County Sunday morning.

3 injured in roll-over crash on I-40 in Smith Co.

The driver swerved to the right to avoid a rear-end collision with the van and ended up overcorrecting, driving back off the right side of the roadway and slide sideways hitting an embankment and overturning several times landing upright on the tires.

Smith County rollover crash leaves two seriously injured

According to officials, two people were removed from the car, treated by EMS, and brought to medical facilities with serious injuries. There was also a third person who was transported for evaluation.

Type: Car Accident
Roadway: 
I-40