SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WTVF) — A multi-vehicle crash — including a Tennessee Highway Patrol SUV — has reopened in Springfield, where one person died Tuesday morning.
The incident happened at Bill Jones Industrial Drive in front of Payne Chevrolet. The THP trooper and one other person were injured.
"(The) trooper was trying to catch up to a speeding vehicle in a 45 mph zone on Memorial Blvd, collided with a car turning left into the intersection from Bill Jones Industrial," THP Lt. Bill Miller said. "I don’t know if each driver did not see the other driver. The trooper and the Volkswagen SUV collided, (and) the driver of that Volkswagen SUV is deceased."
Miller said it was an ongoing investigation. The car the trooper spotted speeding was going 91 mph.
"We don’t know as far as who had the right of way yet. We don’t know at this point in time the red light or green light status. What we do know is the Volkswagen turned left. He did turn left directly into the oncoming path of the patrol car," Miller said. "The important thing is that we have a person who lost their life today and that is something we need to know how it happened, why it happened and hopefully it’s something that we can find a way to prevent anyone else has to experience."
