Saturday was a deadly day on Interstate 75 in Bradley County as Tennessee Highway Patrol officers responded to two fatal crashes and a wreck involving a burning, overturned tractor trailer.
The first crash happened at mile marker 33 on I-75 southbound at 12:13 a.m. Saturday.
Billy McBee, 26 of Sevierville, Tenn., lost control of his vehicle and began to swerve, according to a THP report. The car went off the left side of the road and struck a tree.
McBee was pronounced dead on the scene. The back seat passenger was ejected and the front seat passenger was trapped in the vehicle, the report said. No update was available late Saturday for either passenger's condition.
Later, at 3 a.m., a two-vehicle crash left a tractor trailer overturned at mile marker 18 on I-75 southbound, blocking traffic.
The truck, which was hauling plastic bottles, caught fire and was "completely engulfed" in flames, a THP official said. Injuries were reported but no fatalities.
Another fatal crash on I-75 occurred Saturday evening at mile marker 34 southbound.
The THP said authorities had not yet notified the family and so could not release any information.