One person has been airlifted to an area hospital after a crash involving at least two vehicles in Smith County.
The incident happened around 6 a.m. Friday at mile marker 252, not far from the Wilson County line.
Tractor-trailer and car crash has traffic backed up 5 miles I-40 EB Smith Co, 1 EB lane open #5LiveTraffic pic.twitter.com/1N5ptTh8f1
— Rebecca Schleicher (@NC5_RSchleicher) February 3, 2017
Details of the crash were not known at this time.
Troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said one person was ejected from one of the vehicles. That person has been airlifted to an area hospital.
The interstate has been blocked while crews remain on the scene.
