DRIVER INJURED AFTER TRACTOR-TRAILER HITS TREE OFF I-40 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A tractor-trailer driver sustained injuries Sunday in a vehicle accident on I-40 in Cumberland County.
The report released today by the Tennessee Highway Patrol states a 2012 Freightliner operated by 32-year-old Zavier Jade Stewart of Texas was traveling east at the 333-mile marker and was negotiating a curve when the tractor-trailer tipped over.
The Freightliner went off the road and landed on its side.
The tractor-trailer skidded approximately 300 feet before impacting a tree.
Stewart was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries.