A portion of Highway 31 has reopened in Sumner County after a tractor trailer that was hauling frozen chicken nuggets crashed.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, there was a head-on crash along eastbound lanes near Phillips Hollow Road at about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday.
The semi truck driver involved in this crash just gave me these photos. Just before 1:30 a.m. the pickup truck driver swerved into his lane and he couldn’t avoid him. Hazmat is on scene cleaning up oil spilled on the road. NB 31E is closed, but SB is moving @NC5_RSchleicher@NC5pic.twitter.com/D2diyd0mhj
— Blayke Roznowski (@NC5_Blayke) November 27, 2018
At least one person was injured in the crash, THP said.
Troopers reported the semi-truck was hauling 41,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets at the time of the crash.
Officers on scene told NewsChannel5 that Hazmat crews were called to the area because of an oil spill related to the collision. The road fully reopened around 5:30 a.m.
