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Traffic fatality on I-24 Saturday afternoon

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Officers were dispatched to 17820 Interstate 24 at about 5:13 p.m. Saturday to help an individual trapped in his vehicle, according to the Chattanooga Police report.

The vehicle was traveling east bound when it left the roadway, and the driver of the vehicle, Jason Barbaree, 45, was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased, authorities say.