NEW MIDDLETON, TN : Child killed, 3 others injured after I-40 rollover crash in Smith County on Thursday, 8th February 2024

One child was killed and three others were injured after a crash on I-40 in Smith County Tuesday morning.

Two adults and two children from North Carolina were in a Subaru SUV headed west on I-40 around 11:40 a.m. when the SUV ran off the right side of the road near mile marker 251, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The SUV went into the ditch line, struck an embankment and overturned. The two children, ages 10 and 11, were ejected from the vehicle during the crash and thrown onto the highway. The unidentified 11-year-old died after he was struck by a tractor-trailer, says THP.

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