Fatal Crash on Monteagle Mountain

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a Wednesday morning wreck in Marion County as 32-year-old Matthew Ross Burke of Seymour, Indiana.
Preliminary investigation reports state that the semi was traveling west bound on Interstate 24 near mile marker 141 in Monteagle. The driver attempted to negotiate a curve to the left and ran off the roadway on the right side. The vehicle overturned, losing part of its cargo before coming to rest on its wheels.
The driver of the semi was not wearing his seat belt and died on impact. The passenger was the driver’s wife, and was sleeping in the cab of the semi. Sgt. Bailey with the THP said she survived the crash, but was transported to Erlanger and treated for minor injuries.
Investigators haven’t ruled out a mechanical error as a possible cause.