MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – A driver of a semi-truck died Monday after one of his tires had a blow out along Interstate 24 in Montgomery County.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes near mile marker 13 around 3:30 p.m.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Ken Gonzalez of Laredo, Texas, was killed in the single-vehicle crash.
The THP reported the semi was traveling west when a front, left tire blew out, causing the semi to drive off the left side of the roadway.
The vehicle came to a stop facing west in the wood line along the roadway.
No additional information was immediately released.