Two Accidents on I-24: One Fatal

Wednesday night Manchester Fire-Rescue responded to a motor vehicle accident on I-24 westbound at the 115 mile marker. The reported incident was a truck on its side, and person trapped. Crews responded to the incident and found a box truck on its side in the median of the interstate. Crews working together with Jeff’s Towing service were able to upright the vehicle and extricate the individual from under the Penske moving truck. The driver was airlifted out of the area by Air Evac personnel.
While on scene at that incident, another motor vehicle accident occurred just south at the 116 mile marker involving a car that had run up underneath a tractor trailer. The tractor trailer that was parked on the interstate due to the accident that had occurred earlier. This accident involved a fatality as the driver of the car, 38-year-old Tarey Cunningham of Mt. Juliet, Tn., was killed when she struck the rear of the tractor trailer.
Crews remained on scene and assisted Tennessee Highway Patrol, Coffee County EMS and Coffee County EMA while their investigation was conducted.
Manchester Fire Chief George Chambers said these two incidents put on display the team work involved with all response agencies. Coffee County Sheriff’s Dept., Coffee County EMS, Coffee County EMA, Local Wrecker Services (Jeff’s Towing) and Manchester Fire-Rescue crews worked into the early morning to mitigate these two incidents. The chief added that personnel on scene at both incidents did an outstanding job.