TRACTOR-TRAILER ACCIDENT RESULTS IN FATALITY ON I-40
A tractor-trailer accident yesterday afternoon on I-40 in Putnam County resulted in the driver passing away. A Freightliner operated by 53 year-old Richard Powell Jr from Baltimore, Maryland was traveling east near the 287 mile marker (Jefferson Street Exit in Cookeville) when he lost control, overturned and slid into a guardrail. The crash is under investigation.