MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the six people, including three children, who died in a crash in eastern Tennessee.
Lt. Bill Miller says the wreck happened Thursday night when a sport utility vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic on U.S. 411 South in Blount County and crashed head-on into a minivan carrying eight people.
Police said the driver of the vehicle that crossed over the lanes was killed and identified him as 56-year-old Robert Sorenson Jr. of Maryville.
A news release said those killed in the minivan were 52-year-old driver Tammy James and four passengers: 30-year-old Christy Manuel, 13-year-old Cody Manuel, 8-year-old Christopher Manuel and 1-year-old Gavin Manuel.
All were from the Greenback community, about 30 miles southwest of Knoxville.
An adult and two other children in the van were injured.