COOKEVILLE, TN : 1 dead, 2 injured after head-on crash closes interstate in Cookeville, charges pending on Wednesday, 20th December 2023

The Tennessee Highway Patrol closed a portion of the interstate in Cookeville after one person died and two others were injured after two vehicles collided head-on Wednesday morning.

According to THP, a Dodge RAM pickup pulling an enclosed trailer was traveling eastbound on I-40 when it lost control and crossed over the median just before 9 a.m. The Dodge entered the westbound lanes and struck a Nissan Rogue head-on.

THP troopers responded to the scene east of exit ramp 280/Baxter Road and closed all westbound lanes for roughly one hour before opening one lane around 11 a.m.

The driver of the Rogue, 58-year-old Tanya Johnson, of Ohio, died in the crash. The driver of the truck, 51-year-old Robert James Chermely, of Georgia and a 15-year-old passenger were injured in the crash.

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