UPDATE: Lethal I24 Crash Takes One Life Thursday
COOPERTOWN TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – An I24 crash close to Coopertown claimed one life Thursday morning in Robertson County.
In keeping with the Tennessee Freeway Patrol, 35-year-old Christopher Mark Akins from Gallatin misplaced his life within the crash.
In keeping with the THP’s preliminary report obtained by Smokey Barn Information, Akins, in a white 2002 GMC Sierra, was touring west on Interstate 24 close to mile-marker 19 when his car rear-ended a tractor-trailer. The Semi was stopped within the quantity 2 lane attributable to a build-up of visitors on the interstate. After conducting an investigation, it seems the pickup switched lanes in an try to keep away from the semi earlier than the crash.
The Nice View Volunteer Fireplace Division, Robertson County EMS, and the Tennessee Freeway Patrol all responded to the scene.
The ideas and prayers of the employees at Smokey Barn Information shall be with the Akins’ household as they face the times forward.
